bat out

verb

batted out; batting out; bats out

transitive verb

: to compose especially in a casual, careless, or hurried manner

batted out a first draft of the memo

Examples of bat out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

How Texas Tech got here Texas Tech brought its bats out to the Lubbock Regional and went off for 34 runs in three wins. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 3 June 2026

Oh, and both basepath outs — the Giants’ 18th and 19th of the season — took the bat out of the hands of Casey Schmitt, the only guy in orange actually hitting the baseball right now. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 27 May 2026

Ohtani's pitch never came close to the strike zone, but despite the pitch getting way away from him, Altuve stuck his bat out and did not come close to making contact. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026

Rushing has spread his good at-bats out alright. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bat out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout