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batless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbætləs/ (US)

Etymology

From bat + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Without bats (the winged mammals).
    • Soon the plate was full of wingless bats and batless wings. He covered the plate of broken bats and quickly unwrapped the plate of cat cookies. Snap, snap, snap went their tails. Snap, snap, snap went their legs. 2010, Ann M. Jayne, Kory's Jungle, page 145:
    • He assured me that we would be batless by mid-afternoon. When I asked what would become of the bats, he got rather shifty and said that the cyanide would drive them from the house... 1986, John Sherry, Maggie's Farm:
  2. (not-comparable, rare) Without a bat (club used for striking the ball in sports).
    • On the early evening of Oct. 17, the massive statue, which sits at the front of the home plate entrance, was damaged when an intoxicated man broke the bat out of the right hand of the statue and ran off with the intention of keeping it. […] Griffey’s statue, which was crafted by artist Lou Cella, has remained batless since that day. 2018 January 30, Ryan Divish, “Mariners plan for repairs to Ken Griffey Jr. statue this weekend”, in The Seattle Times: