# bat five hundred

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To be successful half of the time; to have a success rate of 50%.

## Etymology
From the practice of reckoning the batting average of a hitter in baseball in thousandths.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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