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bat a thousand — see ↑bat, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑thousand * * * bat a ˈthousand idiom (NAmE, informal) to be very successful … Useful english dictionary
bat a thousand — verb a) To reach first base on every at bat. Hes batting a thousand so far with the new boss. b) To achieve success at each attempt. No one can bat a thousand for the whole season. Syn: bat one thousand, two for two … Wiktionary
bat a thousand (to) — Be successful every time; in baseball to bat a thousand means to get a hit every time at bat … American business jargon
bat a thousand — hit every time at bat, win every competition I ve had two interviews and two offers. I m batting a thousand! … English idioms
bat — 1 noun (C) 1 ANIMAL a small animal like a mouse that flies around at night see also: fruit bat 2 SPORT a) a long wooden stick with a special shape that is used in some sports and games: a baseball bat b) BrE a round flat piece of wood with a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Bat — For other uses, see Bat (disambiguation). Bats Temporal range: 52–0 Ma … Wikipedia
bat — bat1 S3 [bæt] n [Sense: 1,5 7; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: back bat (14 16 centuries), probably from a Scandinavian language.] [Sense: 2 4; Origin: Old English batt] 1.) a small animal like a mouse with wings that flies around at night →↑fruit bat … Dictionary of contemporary English
Casey at the Bat — subtitled A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 , is a baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. First published in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performan … Wikipedia
Greater Long-nosed Bat — Conservation status Endangered ( … Wikipedia
Cuban Flower Bat — Cuban Flower Bat[1] Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2 … Wikipedia
Ten Thousand Fists (song) — Infobox Single Name = Ten Thousand Fists Caption = Artist = Disturbed from Album = Ten Thousand Fists A side = B side = Released = 2006 Format = CD Recorded = 2005 Genre = Alternative metal, nu metal Length = 3:33 Label = Reprise Writer =… … Wikipedia
