batting

Plural: battings

Noun

• Wadding of cotton or wool used for stuffing or padding.
• (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
• stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
• Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
• Special cotton for surgery.
• The act of someone who bats.
• The action of using a bat.

Verb

• strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
• wink briefly
• have a turn at bat
• use a bat
  • "Who's batting?"
• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
• present participle and gerund of bat

Examples

• The word BATTING padded his score very nicely indeed.

Synonyms

bat, batten, clobber, cream, drub, flutter, lick, thrash, batt