bat·fowl
(băt′foul′)intr.v. bat·fowled,
bat·fowl·ing,
bat·fowls To catch roosting birds at night by blinding them with a light and then hitting or netting them.
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batfowl
(ˈbætˌfaʊl) vb (Hunting) (intr) to catch birds by temporarily blinding them with light
ˈbatˌfowler n
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bat•fowl
(ˈbætˌfaʊl)
v.i. to catch birds at night by dazzling them with a light and then capturing them in a net.
[1400–50; late Middle English
batfowlyn, perhaps
bat1 +
fowl (v.)]
bat′fowl`er, n.
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batfowl
Past participle: batfowled
Gerund: batfowling
Present |
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I batfowl |
you batfowl |
he/she/it batfowls |
we batfowl |
you batfowl |
they batfowl |
Preterite |
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I batfowled |
you batfowled |
he/she/it batfowled |
we batfowled |
you batfowled |
they batfowled |
Present Continuous |
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I am batfowling |
you are batfowling |
he/she/it is batfowling |
we are batfowling |
you are batfowling |
they are batfowling |
Present Perfect |
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I have batfowled |
you have batfowled |
he/she/it has batfowled |
we have batfowled |
you have batfowled |
they have batfowled |
Past Continuous |
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I was batfowling |
you were batfowling |
he/she/it was batfowling |
we were batfowling |
you were batfowling |
they were batfowling |
Past Perfect |
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I had batfowled |
you had batfowled |
he/she/it had batfowled |
we had batfowled |
you had batfowled |
they had batfowled |
Future |
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I will batfowl |
you will batfowl |
he/she/it will batfowl |
we will batfowl |
you will batfowl |
they will batfowl |
Future Perfect |
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I will have batfowled |
you will have batfowled |
he/she/it will have batfowled |
we will have batfowled |
you will have batfowled |
they will have batfowled |
Future Continuous |
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I will be batfowling |
you will be batfowling |
he/she/it will be batfowling |
we will be batfowling |
you will be batfowling |
they will be batfowling |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been batfowling |
you have been batfowling |
he/she/it has been batfowling |
we have been batfowling |
you have been batfowling |
they have been batfowling |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been batfowling |
you will have been batfowling |
he/she/it will have been batfowling |
we will have been batfowling |
you will have been batfowling |
they will have been batfowling |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been batfowling |
you had been batfowling |
he/she/it had been batfowling |
we had been batfowling |
you had been batfowling |
they had been batfowling |
Conditional |
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I would batfowl |
you would batfowl |
he/she/it would batfowl |
we would batfowl |
you would batfowl |
they would batfowl |
Past Conditional |
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I would have batfowled |
you would have batfowled |
he/she/it would have batfowled |
we would have batfowled |
you would have batfowled |
they would have batfowled |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb | 1. | batfowl - catch birds by temporarily blinding themhunting, hunt - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today" |
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