Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of hitting a ball with a bat, especially in baseball or cricket: "Batting" refers to the action or skill of a batter or batsman trying to hit the ball.
   • Layers of cotton or wool used for stuffing quilts or padding: "Batting" also refers to soft, thick material made of cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers, used for insulation or filling.

Usage and Examples

• Noun (Sports):
  • His batting improved after weeks of practice. (His skill at hitting the ball improved.)
  • The team's batting was strong throughout the innings. (The team's performance with the bat was strong.)
• Noun (Material):
  • She bought polyester batting to make a warm quilt. (She bought synthetic fiber filling for a quilt.)
  • The jacket is insulated with a layer of cotton batting. (The jacket uses cotton padding for warmth.)

Advanced Usage

• "batting average": A statistical measure in baseball and cricket representing a player's hitting performance.
  • The player has a high batting average this season.
• "batting order": The sequence in which players on a team take their turns to bat.
  • The coach changed the batting order for the final game.

Variants and Related Words

• Bat (verb/noun): To hit with a bat; the implement used for hitting.
• Batter (noun): The player who is batting.
• Batty (adj., informal): Crazy or eccentric (slang, not directly related to the core definitions of "batting").

Synonyms

• Hitting (for the sports sense): Striking the ball.
• Stuffing / Padding / Wadding (for the material sense): Soft material used for filling.

Related Phrases

• "batting a thousand" (Idiom, from baseball): Being perfectly successful.
  • So far on this project, she's batting a thousand.
• "batting cleanup" (Phrase): In baseball, being the fourth batter in the lineup, often responsible for driving in runs.
  • The team's best power hitter is batting cleanup tonight.

Noun

1. stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
2. (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base