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batting

noun
/ˈbætɪŋ/

Etymology

From bat + -ing, batt + -ing (“material, collection”).

  1. derived from battuo
  2. derived from batto
  3. derived from batre
  4. inherited from baten
  5. suffixed as batting — “bat + ing”

Definitions

  1. Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt…

    Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.

  2. Special cotton for surgery.

  3. The act of someone who bats.

    • the battings of her eyelashes
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The action of using a bat.

    2. present participle and gerund of bat

The neighborhood

Derived

batting average, batting cage, batting collapse, batting crease, batting glove, batting order, batting pad, open the batting

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at batting. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at batting. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at batting

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA