How to spell batting

hear itbat·ting/'bætɪŋ/verbRules and real life

What it means: To hit a ball with a stick or club.

In a sentence: The little girl is batting the ball with her bat.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double t. Often misspelled as bating or battingg.

Same family: bat, stuffing, padding, quilt, upholstery. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: In textiles, 'batting' comes from an older sense of 'bat' meaning a lump or sheet of fibrous material. Quilters have used cotton batting for centuries to add warmth and softness to quilts, much like modern synthetic batting is used in coats and furniture today.

Patterns it uses: Double the consonant before a suffix?

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