"bat" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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      "form": "bat dem",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat",
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      ]
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  "hyphenation": [
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  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "dunce bat"
        },
        {
          "word": "duppy bat"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Black witch moths are still flying around like hawks.",
          "text": "Duppy bat still a fly like hawk.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Amber Wilson, Jamaica: The Land (in English), page 30:",
          "text": "“Hundreds of species of butterflies and moths live in Jamaica. Jamaicans call large moths \"bats.\" The black witch moth is known as \"the duppy bat.\" A duppy is a spirit in Jamaican culture that sometimes causes mischief. Duppy bats have brown [...]”",
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      "glosses": [
        "moth (nocturnal insect)"
      ],
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          "moth",
          "moth"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbat/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bat"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From English bat.",
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  "hyphenation": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "old bat"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If I hit you once with this bat, you'll understand.",
          "text": "When yu get one lick from me wid di bat... yu wi know.",
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        }
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        "bat (instrument for hitting or striking)"
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      "ipa": "/ˈbat/"
    }
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  "word": "bat"
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      "word": "dunce bat"
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      "word": "duppy bat"
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  "lang_code": "jam",
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          "english": "Black witch moths are still flying around like hawks.",
          "text": "Duppy bat still a fly like hawk.",
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        },
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          "text": "“Hundreds of species of butterflies and moths live in Jamaica. Jamaicans call large moths \"bats.\" The black witch moth is known as \"the duppy bat.\" A duppy is a spirit in Jamaican culture that sometimes causes mischief. Duppy bats have brown [...]”",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbat/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bat"
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      "word": "old bat"
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      "form": "bat dem",
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    },
    {
      "form": "bat",
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  "hyphenation": [
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        {
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          "text": "When yu get one lick from me wid di bat... yu wi know.",
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbat/"
    }
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  "word": "bat"
}