batted

verb

Definition of battednext
past tense of bat
1
as in smacked
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner batted the lamp off the table with one strike

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2
as in licked
to strike repeatedly batted the piñata until it finally broke open

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3
as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly on Sunday afternoons we'd pile into Father's car and bat around the countryside

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for batted
  1. smacked
  2. wandered
  3. roamed
  4. hit
  5. pounded
  6. whipped
  7. slammed
  8. floated
Verb
  • And then the game itself smacked him like Zack Bolduc’s hit that knocked Hall upside down into the Blues bench.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
  • She got smacked, but the ball went in.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of smacked
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  • And wandered around in the alleyway behind her florist job in Venice.
    Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Betsy, her Elf on the Shelf, had wandered off.
    Seth Carnell, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of wandered
Verb
  • For the past 12 months our photographers have roamed hotel rooms, celebrity homes and even hideaways of the Hollywood Bowl in search of transcendent shots of Hollywood and arts figures in their element.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The mastodon, a distant relative of modern elephants, roamed the region thousands of years ago.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of roamed
Verb
  • Domantas Sabonis hit a pair of free throws after getting fouled to put the game away.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 13 Jan. 2025
  • High school senior Christopher Garcia was one of three students who raised their hands when the instructor asked if they’d been hit by a vehicle while cycling.
    Sarah Macaraeg, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of hit
Verb
  • My heartbeat pounded in my ears, drowning out the anticipatory purr of two ambulance engines idling nearby.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Fieri’s tenders are wide and flat, resembling pounded and breaded chicken cutlets.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of pounded
Verb
  • In at least four of the heists, the thieves threatened their victim with a gun; one victim was pistol whipped, cops said.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • At the final whistle, James ran onto the field and whipped a towel through the air.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • Two people are dead and 19 others injured after a small plane slammed into a Fullerton warehouse filled with workers.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Councilmember Bob Holden slammed Hochul for this, arguing that the city and state simply need to enforce existing laws instead of changing them.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of slammed
Verb
  • While the San Francisco Giants have been floated as a potential threat to steal Alonso from the Mets, could the Seattle Mariners be another one?
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • One of the ideas floated in recent years has been to continue limiting the deduction but make the cap higher.
    David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of floated
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