What is the meaning of bats?

noun

• Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
  • synonyms: bat, chiropteran
• Baseball) a turn trying to get a hit. (
  • usage: "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats"
  • synonyms: bat, at-bat
• A small racket with a long handle used for playing squash.
  • synonyms: squash racket, squash racquet, bat
• The club used in playing cricket.
  • usage: "a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting"
  • synonyms: cricket bat, bat
• A club used for hitting a ball in various games.
  • synonyms: bat

verb

• Strike with, or as if with a baseball bat.
  • usage: "bat the ball"
  • synonyms: bat
• Wink briefly.
  • usage: "bat one's eyelids"
  • synonyms: bat, flutter
• Have a turn at bat.
  • usage: "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
  • synonyms: bat
• Use a bat.
  • usage: "Who's batting"
  • synonyms: bat
• Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.
  • usage: "We licked the other team on Sunday"
  • synonyms: cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick

adjective

• Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
  • usage: "it used to drive my husband balmy"
  • synonyms: balmy, barmy, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky