bat around

: a stout solid stick : club

: a sharp blow : stroke

: a usually wooden implement used for hitting the ball in various games

: to strike or hit with or as if with a bat

: to advance (a base runner) by batting

: to have a batting average of

: any of a widely distributed order (Chiroptera) of nocturnal usually frugivorous or insectivorous flying mammals that have wings formed from four elongated digits of the forelimb covered by a cutaneous membrane and that have adequate visual capabilities but often rely on echolocation

: to wink especially in surprise or emotion

: in a circle or in circumference

: in, along, or through a circuit

: on all or various sides : in every or any direction

: on all sides of

: so as to encircle or enclose

: so as to avoid or get past : on or to another side of

: about

: being in existence, evidence, or circulation