Bat

Morpheme

Bat

Type

free base

Denotation

hit, strike, swipe

Etymology

Middle English baten; Old French batre; Late Latin battere; Latin battuere

Evidence

bat, bats, batted, batter, battery, batting, battle, battles, battled, battlement, battler, battles, battlewagon, battlezone, battling, cyberbattle, gunbattle

See Also

Bate, Combat(e)

Homographs

Bat, Bat, Bat