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# batting

«batting» in Mova's school dictionary: **hitting a ball with a bat, especially in baseball…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (batting — uncountable); verb form (bat, bats, batted, batting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Batting is hitting a ball with a bat, especially in baseball, cricket and softball; it is the turn when your team tries to score. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#m1)

2) Batting is also the -ing form of «bat»: hitting something with your hand or a bat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#m2)

3) To bat your eyelashes is to blink them quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#m3)

4) Batting is also a layer of soft cotton or wool used inside quilts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sport, «batting» is the attacking turn in cricket (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) and baseball/softball (US, Canada); a batting average is a maths statistic. Phrases: «batting order», «batting average», «batting helmet», «go in to bat», «without batting an eyelid / eye» (without showing any surprise).

### examples

- Our team is batting first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#x1)
- He wore a batting helmet to protect his head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#x2)
- Her batting average is 0.300. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#x3)
- The kitten was batting at a piece of string. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#x4)
- She went in to bat at number three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#x5)
- He told the lie without batting an eyelid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#x6)
- The quilt is filled with soft batting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#x7)
- We practised batting in the nets after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/#x8)

### note

From «bat» — double t: batted, batting. In cricket the player is a batter or batsman; in baseball, a batter. A batting average is division: hits ÷ times at bat (baseball) or runs ÷ times out (cricket). «Bat» is also a flying animal, a different word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «batting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.