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bats·man
(băts′mən)n. Sports
The player at bat in cricket and baseball.
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batsman
(ˈbætsmən)n, pl -men
1. (Cricket) cricket
a. a person who bats or whose turn it is to bat
b. a player who specializes in batting
2. (Professions) a person on the ground who uses bats to guide the pilot of an aircraft when taxiing
ˈbatsmanˌship n
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bats•man
(ˈbæts mən)n., pl. -men.
a batter, esp. in cricket.
[1750–60]
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Noun | 1. | batsman - (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting 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; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" ballplayer, baseball player - an athlete who plays baseball bunter - a batter who bunts designated hitter - a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher pinch hitter - (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter switch-hitter - a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed whiffer - a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike |
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ضارب الكُره
pálkařpálkovač
slåer
kylfir
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batsman
n pl <-men> (Sport) → Schlagmann m
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bat1
(bӕt) noun a shaped piece of wood etc for striking the ball in cricket, baseball, table-tennis etc.
verb – past tense, past participle batted – 1. to use a bat. He bats with his left hand.
2. to strike (the ball) with a bat. He batted the ball.
ˈbatsman (ˈbӕts-) noun a person who bats in cricket.
off one's own bat completely by oneself (without help). He wrote the letter to the newspaper off his own bat.
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