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bat a thousand

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
bat a t-hou-sand
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reach first base on every at-bat.

verb

To achieve success at each attempt.

verb

To achieve perfection.

verb

To have identical outcomes with each attempt.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From a baseball batting average, often stated as the number of hits per 1000 at bats (so 1000 would be 100 percent).

Inflected Forms

bats a thousand (present, singular) batting a thousand (participle, present) batted a thousand (participle, past) batted a thousand (past) bat one thousand (alternative)

Phrases

bat five hundred

Frequently Paired Words

bat five hundred

Synonyms

go be two for two

Questions

What does bat a thousand mean?
To reach first base on every at-bat.
Where does bat a thousand come from?
From a baseball batting average, often stated as the number of hits per 1000 at bats (so 1000 would be 100 percent).

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