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English meaning

  • bat noun A small, flying, mostly nocturnal mammal with wings made of skin stretched between its fingers.
  • bludgeon noun A short, heavy club used as a weapon.
  • club noun A group of people who join together for a shared interest or purpose, such as sport or recreation.
  • mace noun A heavy club, often with a spiked or knobbed head, historically used as a weapon.
  • maul noun A heavy hammer used for driving wedges when splitting logs, or as a weapon.
  • priest noun A person trained and ordained to lead religious services and rites in a church or temple.
  • sledgehammer noun A large, heavy hammer with a long handle, swung with both hands to deliver powerful blows.

Senses

mazza is used for these senses in English:

  • bat (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
  • bludgeon A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
  • club (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
  • mace A ceremonial form of this weapon.
  • maul A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
  • priest A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
  • sledgehammer A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.

bat — full definition

  1. noun A small, flying, mostly nocturnal mammal with wings made of skin stretched between its fingers.
  2. noun A wooden or metal club used to hit the ball in sports such as baseball and cricket.
  3. verb To take a turn hitting the ball in games like cricket or baseball.
  4. verb To strike or swipe at something, often playfully or lightly.

bludgeon — full definition

  1. noun A short, heavy club used as a weapon.
  2. verb To hit someone repeatedly and violently with a heavy object.
  3. verb To force someone into doing something through pressure or intimidation.
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