batting

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbætɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ætɪŋ

Etymology 1

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

Noun

batting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)

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

Synonyms

bat, batt

Translations

material used to stuff

Finnish: täyte (fi)
Persian: چغبوت‎‎ (fa) (čağbut)

Russian: вати́н (ru) m (vatín)

cotton for surgery

Dutch: watten (nl)

Finnish: pumpuli (fi)

act of someone who bats

Finnish: lyönti (fi)

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

Ido: ^{(please verify)} vato

Etymology 2

From bat +‎ -ing (“action”).

Noun

batting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)

The act of someone who bats.
the battings of her eyelashes
(cricket, baseball) The action of using a bat.

Derived terms

open the batting

Verb

batting

present participle of bat

References

“batting” (US) / “batting” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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