bat away (English, verb)
expansion: bat away (third-person singular simple present bats away, present participle batting away, simple past and past participle batted away)
Senses:
glosses: To knock an object, usually a ball, away from oneself.
glosses: To avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To use one's own judgment to aggressively swing at pitches, rather than following a coaches instructions.
tags: US
raw_tags: of a batter
topics: arts
circus
hobbies
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: To use any means to take the money of participants in a circus gaming attraction.
tags: US
slang
Forms:
form: bats away
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: batting away
tags: participle
present
form: batted away
tags: participle
past
form: batted away
tags: past