Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A tool for hitting a ball in sports such as baseball and cricket, or an animal that flies at night and uses sound to navigate.
Bat
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Examples:
But do cats eat bats, I wonder?”
Olivia smiles and sighs, batting her eyes playfully.
'Is that the wing of a gigantic bat?'
Etymology:
The noun “bat” meaning a tool for hitting has origins in Old English ‘batt’ and is related to ‘batere’ meaning to beat. As a flying mammal, it comes from Middle English bakke from Old Norse.
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