bat about in English

Forms: bats about [present, singular, third-person], batting about [participle, present], batted about [participle, past], batted about [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bat about (third-person singular simple present bats about, present participle batting about, simple past and past participle batted about)

Inflected forms

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"bat about" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms