Batting is the soft, plush material on the inside of a blanket or quilt. When you make a quilt, you sew the front to the back with a layer of batting in between.
The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball.
Noun
(baseball) the batter''s attempt to get on base
Noun
stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Bat
n.
The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in
playing games of ball.
n.
Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.;
as, cotton batting.
Batting
The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball.
Usage Examples
Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average.
We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.
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Other Usage ExamplesImagine if you had baseball cards that showed all the performance stats for your people: batting averages, home runs, errors, ERAs, win/loss records. You could see what they did well and poorly and call on the right people to play the right positions in a very transparent way.
I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.
Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.
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