bat out

verb

batted out; batting out; bats out

transitive verb

: to compose especially in a casual, careless, or hurried manner

batted out a first draft of the memo

Examples of bat out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His team's in seventh place, but that's no problem because Sonny drives like a veteran bat out of hell, passing some opponents and causing others a little undo chaos. —Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025

The Brewers clung to a 2-0 lead and decided to take the bat out of Witt’s hands. —Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025

Hernández swung, held his bat out wide and posed as the ball sailed over the center-field wall. —Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025

Pitchers will try to knock the bat out of his hands, without real success, but there are better breaking balls and changeups in his new league. —Jake Ciely, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025

At the moment, bats are experiencing white nose syndrome (WNS), a highly infectious fungus that can bring bats out of hibernation and damage their wings. —Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025

What follows is one of the most tonally bizarre and genuinely fun movies-about-movies ever made, touching on themes about the monstrosity of artistic genius while also letting Dafoe’s vampire be a diva who snatches a bat out of the air and drains it like a Capri Sun in front of the producers. —Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024

Rodgers threw for Adams in the end zone, but the ball was batted out of the receiver’s hands for another turnover on downs. —Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024

Norwood nearly scored twice in the final few minutes, sending a shot up and over that Canton defender Ellie Young batted out of the air for a defensive save. —Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 13 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bat out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout