BATTING Synonyms

• the act of contacting one thing with another

• the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)

• beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

• rope that is used for fastening something to something else

• violently urging on by whipping or flogging

• the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

• the physical coming together of two or more things

• the act of contacting one thing with another

• sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

• having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

• changing location by moving back and forth

• characterized by a buoyant rhythm

• a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

• (used informally) very large

• the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

• to an abnormal extent

• (British informal) enormous

• a vigorous blow

• an uproarious party

• hit hard

• informal terms for personal possessions

• strike violently and repeatedly

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.

• A beating.

• a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

• the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

• directly

• hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

• to play music at loud volume

• a hard blow with a flat object

• deliver a hard blow to

• (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit

• nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

• informal terms for personal possessions

• strike violently and repeatedly

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• the best people or things in a group

• the part of milk containing the butterfat

• toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin

• make creamy by beating

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• put on cream, as on one's face or body

• remove from the surface

• add cream to one's coffee, for example

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• the act of moving back and forth

• abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block

• a disorderly outburst or tumult

• the motion made by flapping up and down

• move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

• move back and forth very rapidly

• flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements

• beat rapidly

• wink briefly