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batting

[ bat-ing ]

noun

  1. the act or manner of using a bat in a game of ball.
  2. cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers in batts or sheets, used as filling for quilts or bedcovers.


batting

/ ˈæɪŋ /

noun

  1. Also calledbatt cotton or woollen wadding used in quilts, mattresses, etc
  2. the action of a person or team that hits with a bat, esp in cricket or baseball
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of batting1

First recorded in 1605–15; bat 1 + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

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Going back to April 5, he was batting only .232 over his last 14 games.

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Hunter Manning lives so close to the West Ranch High baseball field that he can hear sounds of balls being hit in the batting cage at night.

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He then scored a Test century - also his maiden first-class century - batting at number eight against Sri Lanka at Lord's the following month.

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That denied Buttler, who hit 11 fours and four sixes, an eighth IPL century but he still embraced his batting partner with a beaming smile.

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Of the nine players in Friday’s lineup, Trout was the only one who finished the game with a batting average below .200.

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