batted (around)

verb

past tense of bat (around)
as in talked over

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  1. talked over
  2. discussed
  3. chewed over
  4. kicked around
  5. ventilated
Verb
  • Children interrupting, meals being made, the day being talked over.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Near the end of the debate, co-moderator and San Francisco Examiner editor-in-chief Schuyler Hudak Prionas groaned as candidates talked over each other while trying to answer a question that was supposed to elicit a yes or no response.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Definition of talked over
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  • The three-week trial included hours of video evidence and testimony from multiple witnesses and experts, including a medical examiner who discussed the injuries that killed the three firefighters.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In 2024, there wasn’t a single election ad on broadcast TV that mentioned data centers, according to tracking from the firm AdImpact, and in most of 2025, only a handful discussed them, largely in down-ballot state races.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of discussed
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  • The judge also chewed over that argument as well.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The Democratic strategists who have chewed over their party’s unpopularity in memo after memo since last November pine for an authentic tribune of the working class.
    — Molly Ball, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Definition of chewed over
Verb
  • Since then, he’s kicked around with HAIM while turning one third of its Los Angelino triumvirate, Alana Haim, into a screen actress.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Every single night, through that winter, spring and summer, Caldwell and Rothstein kicked around potential game situations and ideas for how to approach them.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of kicked around
Verb
  • The cause of death was not immediately available, but Dietl said that Muñoz had contracted COVID-19 during the pandemic, was put into a coma and ventilated and had been dealing with health issues ever since.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • While rescuers worked to get the worker to safety, crews ventilated the space with air and established a communication line.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of ventilated
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“Batted (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batted%20%28around%29. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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