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AT-BAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
Example:
he got four hits in four at-bats
Synonyms:
at-bat; bat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
