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語源 1

Late 中期英語 in the sense "piece, lump," of uncertain origin, but possibly related to the noun bat with the sense of "beaten" fabric.

名詞

batt (plural batts)

1. Pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or insulation
2. (Polari, usually in the plural) A shoe.
   • 1977, Rictor Norton, quoting Peter Burton, The Gentle Art of Confounding Naffs, quoted in Myth of the Modern Homosexual, Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2016, →ISBN, page 115:

     As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage. We would zhoosh our riahs, powder our eeks, climb into our bona new drag, don our batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar.

語源 2

名詞

batt (plural batts)

1. (slang) Clipping of battery.

   Alternative form: bat

   • 1996 January 29, Saleen001, “Cell phones for sale below wholesale”, in alt.cellular‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     Kit / rapid charger, leather case, 2 NIMH slim batts, Nicad XT batt, overnite charger, RJ11 land line to cellular conversion interface, more

   • 2000 June 30, Steve Perry, “cheapest place for laptop bat?”, in england.ads.computer‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     where is cheapest place to buy laptop batt?

   • 2005 March 21, Paul Jeffree, “Disposal of laptop batteries”, in alt.pcnews‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     I bought a phone batt from them a while ago.

参照

アナグラム

• TTAB, attB

名詞

batt ?

1. bat
2. cudgel

   Synonym: cyċġel

3. club

派生した語

• Middle English: bat, batt, batte, bot
  • English: bat, batt
  • Scots: bat
  • Yola: bath, bat
  • → Irish: bata
  • → Scottish Gaelic: bata