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 Chapuis also plays in the outfield and lately has batted fourth in the order. —

Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 8 May 2026 Attleboro pitcher Jenna Callahan – who batted 4-for-5 with two doubles – was in a rhythm entering the seventh, though, retiring eight of Taunton’s previous nine batters in a 5-4 game. —

Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026 Number of times a player batted, excluding walks, sacrifices, catcher interference, or being hit by a pitch. —

Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026 Maybe, as a carrot, interim manager Don Mattingly batted Stott fifth in Thursday’s nightcap. —

Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 May 2026 Meanwhile, there has been some improvement in Tatis’ batted-ball luck. —

Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 McCoy became a full-time starter last season and batted second for the 59ers as their center fielder in the Class 2A state championship game, their second appearance on that stage in three seasons. —

Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 In his 1,976 career starts, Altuve has batted lower than fourth only 20 times. —

Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026 There was no pitch clock, the extra-inning rule that puts a runner on second base didn’t exist and pitchers batted, all things differ from baseball in 2026. —

Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026

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Captain Rajat Patidar smacked 61 off 31 balls while Tim David (40), Krunal Pandya (28 not out) and Romario Shepherd (23 not out) also played cameos to bring Bengaluru close to the target.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 May 2026
Adams, who lived in Diggs' home while working for him, walked into the Dedham police station on December 16 alleging that two weeks earlier, Diggs had smacked her across the face and choked her.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 4 May 2026