batting

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/ˈbætɪŋ/

noun

Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.

“the battings of her eyelashes”

Similar
batbattbatten
OriginEnglish bat ← Middle English bat ← Old French batteinflu. →
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

batting1

nounbatting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)

plural battings

  1. countableuncountablebusinessCotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
  2. countableuncountableSpecial cotton for surgery.

batting2

nounbatting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)

plural battings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of someone who bats.

    the battings of her eyelashes

  2. countableuncountableball gamesThe action of using a bat.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bat

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
batbatt

nounstuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber

Similar
batten
Broader
stuffing
Also see
battenflutter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

batting · noun

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

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batting · noun, verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-der.?
  2. Old Englishbatt
  3. Old Frenchbatteinflu.
  4. Middle Englishbat
  5. Englishbat
  6. Englishbatting

From bat + -ing (“action”).

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Translations

Catalan batuda
  • batudaThe action of using a bat
Dutch watten
  • wattencotton for surgery
Finnish täyte, lyönti
  • täytematerial used to stuff
  • lyöntiact of someone who bats
  • pumpulicotton for surgery
  • mailan käyttöThe action of using a bat
French bourre, rembourrage
  • bourrematerial used to stuff
  • rembourragematerial used to stuff
  • ouatecotton for surgery
  • frappeThe action of using a bat
Italian imbottitura, ovatta
  • imbottituramaterial used to stuff
  • ovattamaterial used to stuff
  • battutaact of someone who bats
  • filo per suturacotton for surgery
Japanese 打撃, バッティング
  • 打撃 (dageki)The action of using a bat
  • バッティング (battingu)The action of using a bat
Korean 타격
  • 타격 (tagyeok)The action of using a bat
Persian چغبوت
  • چغبوت (čaġbut)material used to stuff
Russian вати́н
  • вати́н (vatín)material used to stuff
Spanish guata, bateo
  • guatamaterial used to stuff
  • bateoThe action of using a bat
Urdu بلے بازی
  • بلے بازی (balle-bāzī)The action of using a bat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with batting

chattingmattingpattingtattingflattingRussia matting
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Cite this entry
APA

batting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batting

MLA

“batting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “batting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batting.

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