Noun batting has 2 senses
  1. batting - (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
    --1 is a kind of
    attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
    Derived form: verb bat1
  2. batting, batten - stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
    --2 is a kind of stuffing
,Verb bat has 5 senses
  1. bat - strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"
    --1 is one way to
    hit
    Derived forms: noun bat3, noun bat5, noun batter1, noun batting1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. bat, flutter - wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"
    --2 is one way to blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. bat - have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
    --3 is one way to
    hit
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  4. bat - use a bat; "Who's batting?"
    --4 is one way to
    hit
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  5. bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick - beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
    --5 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
    Sample sentence:
    The fighter managed to bat his opponent
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