[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Sports.the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.a whip used by a jockey.the act of using a club or racket in a game.the right or turn to use a club or racket.", "the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.", "a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.", "a whip used by a jockey.", "the act of using a club or racket in a game.", "the right or turn to use a club or racket.", "a heavy stick, club, or cudgel.", "Informal.a blow, as with a bat.", "any fragment of brick or hardened clay.", "Masonry.a brick cut transversely so as to leave one end whole.", "British Slang.speed; rate of motion or progress, especially the pace of the stroke or step of a race.", "Slang.a spree; binge:to go on a bat.", "Ceramics.a sheet of gelatin or glue used in bat printing bat printing.a slab of moist clay.a ledge or shelf in a kiln.a slab of plaster for holding a piece being modeled or for absorbing excess water from slip.", "a sheet of gelatin or glue used in bat printing bat printing.", "a slab of moist clay.", "a ledge or shelf in a kiln.", "a slab of plaster for holding a piece being modeled or for absorbing excess water from slip.", "batt ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to strike or hit with or as if with a bat or club.Synonyms: clobber , clout , slug , sock , smack , swat , wallop , knock", "Baseball.to have a batting average batting averageof; hit :He batted .325 in spring training."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Sports.to strike at the ball with the bat.to take one's turn as a batter.", "to strike at the ball with the bat.", "to take one's turn as a batter."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["Slang.to roam; drift .Informal.to discuss or ponder; debate :We batted the idea around.Baseball.to have every player in the lineup take a turn at bat during a single inning.", "Slang.to roam; drift .", "Informal.to discuss or ponder; debate :We batted the idea around.", "Baseball.to have every player in the lineup take a turn at bat during a single inning.", "Baseball.to cause (a run) to be scored by getting a hit:He batted in two runs with a double to left.", "to do, write, produce, etc., hurriedly:I have to bat out a term paper before class."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["any of numerous flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, of worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate regions, having modified forelimbs that serve as wings and are covered with a membranous skin extending to the hind limbs."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to flutter; blink ; wink ."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["battalion.", "battery."]}]