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Definition

To be homosexual.

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Origins

From cricket or baseball, in print c. 1990.

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See Also

  • bat for both sides
  • on the other bus
  • bat for the wrong team
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bat a thousand

To achieve success at each attempt.

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bat five hundred

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bat one's eyes

To signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.

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bat the breeze

To chat; to shoot the breeze.
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