bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most ...

is a flying mammal of the order Chiroptera. Bat or The Bat may also refer to:

Sport

*Bat, the stick-like implement used to hit the ball in

bat-and-ball sports Bat-and-ball games (or safe haven games) are field games played by two opposing teams. Action starts when the defending team throws a ball at a dedicated player of the attacking team, who tries to hit it with a bat and run between various safe ar ...

Baseball bat A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club used in the sport of baseball to hit the ball after it is thrown by the pitcher. By regulation it may be no more than in diameter at the thickest part and no more than in length. Although histor ...

Cricket bat A cricket bat is a specialised piece of equipment used by batters in the sport of cricket to hit the ball, typically consisting of a cane handle attached to a flat-fronted willow-wood blade. It may also be used by a batter who is making ground ...

*Bat, an alternate name for a Racket **

Table tennis racket A table tennis racket (also known as a "paddle" or "bat") is used by table tennis players. It is usually made from laminated wood covered with rubber on one or two sides depending on the player's grip. Unlike a conventional " racket", it does not i ...

or bat * Bolo bat

Computing

* Bat (metasyntactic variable), a placeholder name *

The Bat! The Bat! is an email client for the Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by Ritlabs, SRL, a company based in Chişinău, Moldova. There are two versions: a Home version and a Professional version. The Professional version includes a po ...

, an email client by RitLabs for Microsoft Windows *.bat, file extension for a

batch file Batch may refer to: Food and drink * Batch (alcohol), an alcoholic fruit beverage * Batch loaf, a type of bread popular in Ireland * A dialect term for a bread roll used in North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Coventry, as well as on the Wirral ...

Film

* ''The Bat'' (1926 film), a silent film * ''The Bat'' (1959 film)

Literature

* ''The Bat'' (play), a 1920 play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood * ''The Bat'' (novel), a 1997 detective novel by Jo Nesbø *The Bat, a character in short stories by Johnston McCulley

Military

McDonnell XP-67 Bat The McDonnell XP-67 "Bat" or "Moonbat"It is unclear if either name was an official USAAF designation; both are used in various sources. It is possible that both are informal nicknames that refer to the aircraft's unique appearance. was a prototy ...

, a U.S. Army Air Forces experimental fighter *

Bat (guided bomb) The ASM-N-2 Bat was a United States Navy World War II radar-guided glide bomb which was used in combat beginning in April 1944. It was developed and overseen by a unit within the National Bureau of Standards (which unit later became a part of ...

, developed by the U.S. during World War II * HMS ''Bat'', a Royal Navy destroyer * USS ''Bat'' (1864), a steamer captured by the U.S. during the American Civil War *

Northrop Grumman Bat The Northrop Grumman Bat is a medium-altitude unmanned air vehicle originally developed for use by the United States Armed Forces. Designed primarily as an intelligence " ISR" gathering tool, the Bat features payload capacity that is unmatched i ...

, an unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman *

Bat bomb Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States. The bomb consisted of a bomb-shaped casing with over a thousand compartments, each containing a hibernating Mexican free-tailed bat with a small, timed incendi ...

, an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States *

ASM-N-2 Bat The ASM-N-2 Bat was a United States Navy World War II radar-guided glide bomb which was used in combat beginning in April 1944. It was developed and overseen by a unit within the National Bureau of Standards (which unit later became a part of ...

, the first guided munition deployed in WWII by the United States

Roller coasters

* Bat (Lagoon), a roller coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park, Utah, United States * The Bat (Canada's Wonderland), a roller coaster, Ontario, Canada *

The Bat (Kings Island; opened 1981) The Bat was a suspended roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio. Designed by Arrow Development, it was billed as the "first of its kind" in the world when it opened to the public on April 26, 1981. The suspended coas ...

, a defunct roller coaster at Kings Island, Ohio, United States * The Bat (Kings Island; opened 1993), previously known as Top Gun and Flight Deck, a roller coaster at Kings Island, Ohio, United States

Other uses

Bat (goddess) Bat is a cow goddess in Egyptian mythology who was depicted as a human face with cow ears and horns or as a woman. Evidence of the worship of Bat exists from the earliest records of the religious practices in ancient Egypt. By the time of the ...

, in Egyptian mythology *

Bat (heraldry) The bat (also called the , , or ) is a heraldic symbol sometimes used as a charge, but most prominently used as a crest on or around the crown in municipal arms of the former Crown of Aragon—specifically in Valencia, Catalonia and the Balea ...

* Bat Motor Manufacturing Co., former manufacturer * One-hitter (smoking) or bat *

Baltic languages The Baltic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 4.5 million people mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. Together with the Slavic lang ...

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