batted

NOUN

a hit with a solid object

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sock

STRONG

bang belt blow bop crack knock rap slam smack strike swat thump thwack wallop whack whop

Antonyms

STRONG

compliment flattery praise

Example Sentences

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Batted better than most of England's top order.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

Batted balls fly farther in the thin Rocky Mountain air.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Outfielder — Abby Dayton, Norco, Sr.; Batted .470 last season and is headed to Utah.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2022

Batted ball strikes catwalk, light or suspended object over foul territory: dead ball.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2021

Batted up against the back fence, she bounces back into the heart of a rose-bush or into the carefully weeded, radishless radish-bed of the kitchen garden.

From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie