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bat verb To wink or blink (one’s eyes). [DARE labels this usage “chiefly South, Midland”]
1923 Montague Today Tomorrow 159 The hands they was all jest carried away by the sight; but that kid, he never batted a eye. 1931 Combs Lg Sthn High 1304 When thedoctor looked at him he batted his eyes like a toad in a hail storm. 1937 Hall Coll (Hartford TN) The bear was batting its eyes when the master hunter found him.