bat around

== English == === Alternative forms === bat about ('discuss' and 'flit' senses) === Verb === bat around (third-person singular simple present bats around, present participle batting around, simple past and past participle batted around) (intransitive, baseball) To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning. To have a team's first batter of the inning come to bat for a second time (after all of the others in the batting line-up have batted). (See the usage note below.) (transitive, informal) To discuss. (intransitive, informal) To flit quickly from place to place. (intransitive, informal) To waste time; to idle or loaf. ==== Usage notes ==== In some usage it may be said that the first batter has to come up to bat again to complete the round, but there is no consensus for this. In transitive senses the object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle. ==== Translations ==== === References ===