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Meaning of "batting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BATTING

batting  [ˈbætɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BATTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Batting is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BATTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of batting in the English dictionary

The definition of batting in the dictionary is Also called: batt. cotton or woollen wadding used in quilts, mattresses, etc. Other definition of batting is the action of a person or team that hits with a bat, esp in cricket or baseball.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BATTING


blatting
ˈblætɪŋ
catting
ˈkætɪŋ
chatting
ˈtʃætɪŋ
flatting
ˈflætɪŋ
formatting
ˈfɔːmætɪŋ
hatting
ˈhætɪŋ
high-hatting
ˈhaɪˌhætɪŋ
matting
ˈmætɪŋ
patting
ˈpætɪŋ
photostatting
ˈfəʊtəʊˌstætɪŋ
platting
ˈplætɪŋ
slatting
ˈslætɪŋ
spatting
ˈspætɪŋ
tatting
ˈtætɪŋ
tomcatting
ˈtɒmˌkætɪŋ
wildcatting
ˈwaɪldˌkætɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BATTING

battery farming
battery fire
battery hen
battery set
battery-driven
battery-operated
battery-powered
battier
battiest
battik
battiness
battle
battle array
battle cruiser
battle cry
battle dress
battle fatigue
battle group
battle hardened
battle line

WORDS THAT END LIKE BATTING

acting
admitting
betting
committing
cutting
emitting
fitting
knitting
letting
permitting
plotting
putting
resetting
setting
sitting
spitting
splitting
spotting
submitting
transmitting
upsetting

Synonyms and antonyms of batting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BATTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «batting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of batting
bang · club · hit · punch · racket · rap · smack · stick · strike · swat · thump · wallop · whack

Translation of «batting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BATTING

Find out the translation of batting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of batting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «batting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

击球
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bateo
570 millions of speakers

English

batting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बल्लेबाजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ватин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rebatidas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাটিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bâton
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memukul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Batting
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バッティング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

타격
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Batting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

batting
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேட்டிங்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फलंदाजी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vuruş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

battuta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mrugnięcia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ватин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bataie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κτυπήσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kolfwerk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vadd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

batting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of batting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BATTING»

The term «batting» is very widely used and occupies the 19.337 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BATTING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «batting» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «batting» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about batting

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10 QUOTES WITH «BATTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word batting.
1
Hank Aaron
I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
2
Richie Ashburn
To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.
3
Geoffrey Boycott
If Trescothick had tried to get me off the field when batting well, I'd have hit him with my bat.
4
Billy Bragg
I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me.
5
Larry Brilliant
If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.
6
Adam Carolla
Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average.
7
Gary Carter
My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.
8
Ray Dalio
Imagine if you had baseball cards that showed all the performance stats for your people: batting averages, home runs, errors, ERAs, win/loss records. You could see what they did well and poorly and call on the right people to play the right positions in a very transparent way.
9
Dizzy Dean
I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.
10
Rahul Dravid
I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BATTING»

Discover the use of batting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to batting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Batting
Content includes: The basics, e.g. getting a good position, the grip Technique for each shot with step-by-step illustrated instructions Training drills to improve each skill Common problems - and how to fix them Tactics, e.g. when to use ...
Mark Davis, Sam Collins, 2012
2
Batting Stance Guy: A Love Letter to Baseball
Batting Stance Guy never expected he would become a YouTube celebrity, racking up more than two million views, landing profiles in The New York Times and USA Today, and even scoring an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Gar Ryness, Caleb Dewart, 2010
3
Batting against Castro: stories
A collection of short stories features a young boy's confused attempt at staging a protest, a scientist's obsession with volcanoes, and baseball in pre-revolutionary Cuba
Jim Shepard, 1996
4
"Batting Cleanup, Bill Conlin"
Presents three decades of reporting from the provocative sports writer
Bill Conlin, Kevin Kerrane, 1997
5
Batting 10th for the Yankees: Recollections of 30 Yankees ...
Batting 10th for the Yankees; Recollections of 30 Yankees You May Not Rememeber contains in depth interviews with former ballplayers who had brief careers or were bench players.
Kenneth Hogan, 2010
6
Batting on the Bosphorus: A Liquor-Fueled Cricket Tour ...
Angus Bell is innocently working in the Montreal magazine industry when, taking advantage of a psychic's vision, he sets off to discover the secret cricketing world of Eastern Europe.
Angus Bell, 2009
7
Batting Practice
This "Whydunit" in trade paperback is the first of the novels from the Solace Creek Stories. For more information on the Solace Creek Stories, visit www.solacecreekstories.com
Ron Lynch Chalice, 2006
8
The Batting Cage
THE MEMORY OF WATER...is dotted with stimulating observations...it has a raw spontaneity that captures perfectly the idea of what normal people do in abnormal times.
Joan Ackermann, 1999
9
Quilting For Dummies
Shrink-wrapping may make prepackaged batting easy to get home, but the batting gets bulky and more difficult to store after you remove it from the package. To tame this wild beast of fluff, carefully remove the batting from the package and  ...
Cheryl Fall, 2011
10
Fundamentals of Biomechanics
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF BATTING Imagine you are a physical educator working on batting with young boys and girls. Most primary school children receive some experience intercepting and striking objects from elementary physical ...
Duane V. Knudson, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BATTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term batting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Analysing MS Dhoni's ideal batting position for India in ODIs
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision to promote himself to number 4 in the batting order in the recently concluded ODI series against Bangladesh ... «Sportskeeda, Jul 15»
2
Colin Ingram launches Glamorgan batting comeback against …
Footitt had destroyed Glamorgan's batting at Derby last season and the visitors must have feared the worst when Wayne Madsen won the toss ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
3
Dodgers SS Jimmy Rollins batting behind pitcher Monday
Don Mattingly has placed starting pitcher Yimi Garcia into the eighth spot in the Monday lineup against Philadelphia. Shortstop Jimmy Rollins ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
4
Blue Jays' Devon Travis batting .406 in nine games since DL activation
He is batting .406 (13 for 32) with three doubles, five RBI, six runs, one walk and five strikeouts in his last nine games. Topics: Devon Travis ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
5
Brian Lara to give batting 'masterclass' to thousands of children …
West Indies legend and the Brand Ambassador of Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20, Brian Lara announced that he will give a cricketing ... «Cricket Country, Jul 15»
6
CRICKET: Batting woes cost Bridgwater again
BRIDGWATER'S poor run continued on Saturday after another poor batting display saw them slump to a four-wicket defeat to Taunton St ... «Bridgwater Mercury, Jul 15»
7
Pakistan left to ponder another batting failure
Pakistan's series began with a batting fightback in Galle to win the Test. In the third match, inconsistency has left them scrambling to save the ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
8
Hunter Pence resumes taking batting practice, puts on a power show
WASHINGTON – Hunter Pence took batting practice on the field Sunday for the first time since going back on the disabled list June 3. He didn't ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
9
LV= County Championship: Leicestershire batting crumbles in the …
Leicestershire's current batting woes in the LV= County Championship continued as they collapsed on the opening day of their clash with Kent ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
10
Rookie Milone batting above season goals
He's just a couple of games into his NRL career but young Tiger Nathan Milone has already exceeded his 2015 goals. Credit: Anthony Johnson ... «NRL.COM, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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