What does bat an eye mean?

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bat an eye

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

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bats an eye (present, singular) batting an eye (participle, present) batted an eye (participle, past) batted an eye (past)

bat an eyelid

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