batting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbætɪŋ/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ætɪŋ

Etymology 1

From bat +‎ -ing, batt +‎ -ing (“material, collection”).

Noun

batting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)

1. (sewing) Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
2. Special cotton for surgery.

Synonyms

• bat, batt

Translations

material used to stuff

• Finnish: täyte (fi)
• French: bourre (fr) f, rembourrage (fr) m
• Italian: imbottitura (it) f, ovatta (it) f
• Ottoman Turkish: پاموق (pamuk)
• Persian: چغبوت (fa) (čağbut)
• Russian: вати́н (ru) m (vatín)
• Spanish: guata (es) f

cotton for surgery

• Dutch: watten (nl)
• Finnish: pumpuli (fi)
• French: ouate (fr) f
• Italian: filo per sutura m

act of someone who bats

• Finnish: lyönti (fi)
• Italian: battuta (it) f

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} вата (bg) (vata)
• French: ^{(please verify)} ouate (fr) f
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} vato (io)

Etymology 2

From bat +‎ -ing (“action”).

Noun

batting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)

1. The act of someone who bats.

   the battings of her eyelashes

2. (cricket, baseball) The action of using a bat.

Derived terms

• batting average
• batting collapse
• batting glove
• batting order
• batting pad
• open the batting

Verb

batting

1. present participle and gerund of bat

References

• “batting”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.