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AT-BAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does at-bat mean?
• AT-BAT (noun)
The noun AT-BAT has 1 sense:
1. (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
Familiarity information: AT-BAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
at-bat; bat
Context example:
he got four hits in four at-bats
Hypernyms ("at-bat" is a kind of...):
play; turn ((game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
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