a. chat, chitchat, Sl. shoot the breeze, Sl. chin, palaver,
b. exaggerate, brag, stretch the truth, talk nonsense; gossip, tittle-tattle, buzz.
bat2, v. 1. Informal, blink, flutter, flicker, twinkle, wink, nictitate, nictate.
2. not bat an eye Informal, show no emotion or surprise, remain unperturbed, maintain self-control, Sl. keep one's cool; be nonchalant, Sl. stay loose,
batch, n. 1. grouping, bunch, group, cluster, mass, mess, aggregate; crowd, collection, set, array, assortment, conglomeration, agglomeration; combine, combination, mixture, conjunction.
2. quantity, measure, allotment, lot, amount, number, sum; volume, pan full, bowl full,
bath, n. 1. wash, washing, cleaning, Both Brit. Inf. tub, tubbing; lavation, lavage, laving, cleansing, ablution; immersion, submergence, dunk, dunking, dip, dipping; soak, soaking, douse, dousing, rinse, rinsing, flush, flushing, shower, showering, sponge bath, sponging, douche, douching; sauna, steam bath, sitz bath, mundifying, deterging, (of clothes) laundering, shampoo, shampooing, lather, lathering, soaping; scrub, scrubbing, scrub-up, swabbing, mopping.
2. bath water, wash water; suds, foam; abluent, abstergent, detergent, shampoo.
3. bathtub, tub, shower, sitz bath; sink, washstand, washbowl, washbasin, basin, lavatory, lavabo, Archaic. laver; washtub, washbucket.
4. bathroom, washroom, wash-up, toilet, Dial, water closet, Chiefly Brit. w.c.
5. bathhouse, bagnio, steam.bath, sauna, sudatorium.
6. baths spas, mineral springs, hot springs, warm springs, thermae, resorts.
7. solution, soak, preparation.
8. sweat, perspiration.
-v. 9. wash, wash up, clean, clean up, scrub up, bathe, Brit. Inf. tub, lave, cleanse, Chiefly Scot. dight; lather, soap; shower, douse, rinse, flush, douche; foment, sponge, swab, wipe, mop, rub; immerse, submerge, dunk, dip; soak, steep, wet, irrigate, drench, imbue, saturate; mundify, deterge, (of clothes) launder, shampoo, Brit. Dial. buck,
bathe, v. 1. wash, wash up, clean, clean up, scrub up, bath, Brit. Inf. tub, lave, cleanse, Chiefly Scot. dight; lather, soap; shower, douse, rinse, flush, douche; foment, sponge, swab, wipe, mop, rub; immerse, submerge, dunk, dip; soak, steep, wet, irrigate, drench, imbue, saturate; deterge, (of clothes) launder, shampoo, Brit. Dial. buck.
2. moisten, dampen, dew, bedew, humidify, mist;
wash, suffuse, spread, overspread, overlay, screen, cover; coat, film, glaze, gloss, gelatinize, gelatinate; calcimine, whitewash, stain, tint, tinge, hue, dye.
3. splash, dash, wash against, break against, beat against, thrash against; roll, lap, undulate, surge, swell, wave, ripple; rush, flow, run, sweep.
4. surround, wrap, envelop, enfold, swaddle, cover; penetrate, pervade, permeate, smother.
5. sunbathe, take a sun bath, lie in the sun.
6. swim, float, play in the water. -n. 1. All Brit, swim, swimming, natation, dip, dipping, dunk, dunking; bath, bathing, soak, soaking,
bathos, n. 1. anticlimax, comedown, letdown, bringdown, drop.
2. triteness, triviality, superficiality, shallowness; inanity, insipidness, emptiness, vacuity, vapidity, jejuneness; dullness, lifelessness, deadness, staleness; weakness, thinness, wishy-washiness.