📚 Bat, verb. 🔉 /bat/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (no object): (of a sports team or player) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball. ❗️ Examples: 1. Australia reached 263 for 4 after choosing to bat. 2. We almost got out of the inning on our own, but mercifully, the other team had batted through the lineup, which meant it was our turn to bat. 3. Frankly, the team batted worse than it did in the first innings at Lahore. 4. The Indian team batted perfectly, bowled like champions and fielded like tigers. 5. In test cricket, where there are no limits on how long a player may bat, double centuries are considered a major achievement, but they are not all that uncommon. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic