Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bat sth around
Participle: batted sth around
Gerund: batting sth around
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bat sth around |
| you | bat sth around |
| he;she;it | bats sth around |
| we | bat sth around |
| you | bat sth around |
| they | bat sth around |
Perfect
| I | have batted sth around |
| you | have batted sth around |
| he;she;it | has batted sth around |
| we | have batted sth around |
| you | have batted sth around |
| they | have batted sth around |
Past
| I | batted sth around |
| you | batted sth around |
| he;she;it | batted sth around |
| we | batted sth around |
| you | batted sth around |
| they | batted sth around |
Pluperfect
| I | had batted sth around |
| you | had batted sth around |
| he;she;it | had batted sth around |
| we | had batted sth around |
| you | had batted sth around |
| they | had batted sth around |
Future
| I | will bat sth around |
| you | will bat sth around |
| he;she;it | will bat sth around |
| we | will bat sth around |
| you | will bat sth around |
| they | will bat sth around |
Future Perfect
| I | will have batted sth around |
| you | will have batted sth around |
| he;she;it | will have batted sth around |
| we | will have batted sth around |
| you | will have batted sth around |
| they | will have batted sth around |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bat sth around |
| you | bat sth around |
| he;she;it | bat sth around |
| we | bat sth around |
| you | bat sth around |
| they | bat sth around |
Perfect
| I | have batted sth around |
| you | have batted sth around |
| he;she;it | have batted sth around |
| we | have batted sth around |
| you | have batted sth around |
| they | have batted sth around |
Imperfect
| I | batted sth around |
| you | batted sth around |
| he;she;it | batted sth around |
| we | batted sth around |
| you | batted sth around |
| they | batted sth around |
Pluperfect
| I | had batted sth around |
| you | had batted sth around |
| he;she;it | had batted sth around |
| we | had batted sth around |
| you | had batted sth around |
| they | had batted sth around |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bat sth around |
| you | would bat sth around |
| he;she;it | would bat sth around |
| we | would bat sth around |
| you | would bat sth around |
| they | would bat sth around |
Perfect
| I | would have batted sth around |
| you | would have batted sth around |
| he;she;it | would have batted sth around |
| we | would have batted sth around |
| you | would have batted sth around |
| they | would have batted sth around |
Imperative
| you | bat sth around |
| we | Let's bat sth around |
| you | bat sth around |
Verbs conjugated like 'bat'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bat'
baa,
bab,
bad,
bag,
bait,
bam,
ban,
bap,
bar,
bate,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. "to move the eyelids," 1847, Amer.Eng., from earlier sense of "flutter as a hawk" (1615), a variant of bate (2) on the notion of fluttering wings.
2. From Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), from Old French batre (“to beat”), from Late Latin battere, from Latin battuere, of uncertain origin; perhaps of Germanic or Celtic origin. In modern English reinterpreted as a verbal derivative of Etymology 2. Compare batter, battery. See: Middle English '
baten', Old French '
batre', Latin '
battuo'.
Sample Sentences
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He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.
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We batted a few ideas around.
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The cat batted at the toy.