Thesaurus results for BATTED

batted

verb

past tense of bat

as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner batted the lamp off the table with one strike

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as in licked

to strike repeatedly batted the piñata until it finally broke open

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as in wandered

to move about from place to place aimlessly on Sunday afternoons we'd pile into Father's car and bat around the countryside

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Recent Examples of batted Ferree dove and batted Calheira’s shot away with his left hand. —

Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026 Willson Contreras batted cleanup and played first base and Wilyer Abreu hit sixth and manned left field at Miami’s loanDepot Park. —

Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026 Republicans nearly uniformly batted it down, with the help of a few Democrats. —

Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026 The holders batted brilliantly in front of a capacity, partisan crowd at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to rattle up the fourth-highest total ever scored by a team at this tournament. —

Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 Another low, hard attempt from Sennecke created a rebound in tight that LaCombe batted to Carlsson for his 20th goal of the campaign, matching Kreider’s total. —

Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026 Harper batted cleanup in a lineup devoid of seniors. —

Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026 Nobody batted any eye at an otherwise unremarkable young woman getting a plum Washington internship simply because of her connections to the rich and powerful. —

Jonathan Zimmerman, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026 The president on Thursday batted away suggestions that the $40 million that Amazon MGM Studios paid to acquire the rights could constitute corruption. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026

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In the second inning of Japan’s WBC opener against Chinese Taipei on Friday at the Tokyo Dome, Ohtani smacked a hanging curve a few feet over the right-field wall for a grand slam, triggering an offensive onslaught that resulted in a 13-0 victory.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Brent Burns set up Landeskog’s one-timer from the high slot on the heels of a strong burst by MacKinnon, who had smacked a one-timer of his own in off the rush following Kempe’s errant pass at the offensive blue line.

— Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026