how to pronounce bats

/ˈbæts/

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bats is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of bats in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… going with the baseball and the bats I …”

meanings of bats

name:

A nickname for Batman.
A Northeast Caucasian language of the Nakh family, spoken in Georgia.
A commune of France.

noun:

Plural of bat.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bat.

adjective:

Mad, insane.

bats frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word bats occurs in english on average 4.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.