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
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  • 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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  • Notable In 2025, during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing, a hot mic picked up a conversation between Putin and Xi in which the two discussed organ transplants and the possibility of living forever.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The agency and private space company SpaceX have also discussed sending humans to Mars in the not-so-distant future.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 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
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  • 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
  • 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
  • The Touring’s heated and ventilated leather seats and lumbar support helped keep exhaustion at bay.
    — Robert Duffer, AJC.com, 2 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 15 Oct. 2026.

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