English Explanatory Dictionary

bat five hundred

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be successful half of the time; to have a success rate of 50%.

Pronunciation

en-au-bat five hundred.ogg

Word forms

bat five hundred bats five hundred batting five hundred batted five hundred

Etymology

From the practice of reckoning the batting average of a hitter in baseball in thousandths.

Related words

bat a thousand
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