Definition of like a bat out of hell
like a bat out of hell 
adverb
- quickly.
What's wrong with your brother? He ran through here like a bat out of hell.
- See more words with the same meaning: fast, quick, quickly.
Last edited on Feb 16 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'fast, quick, quickly': | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: at any moment; without persuasion | |
| Definitions include: extremely fast. | |
| Definitions include: high-performing. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: to happen automatically, in a way that appears almost magical. | |
| Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: to reach 100 MPH in a motor vehicle. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as soon as possible". | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: fast. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'a': | |
| Definitions include: amphetamine. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat". | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: an unspecified small number. | |
| Definitions include: Playing around | |
| Definitions include: very common. | |
| Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: to collide with a tree. | |
| Definitions include: an ugly face. | |
| Definitions include: a few drinks of alcohol. | |
Other terms relating to 'bat': | |
| Definitions include: electric bass, from cricket bat. | |
| Definitions include: to conspicuously notice. | |
| Definitions include: to do something perfectly. | |
| Definitions include: vagina. | |
| Definitions include: to be homosexual. | |
| Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils. | |
| Definitions include: A very unattractive female. | |
| Definitions include: a situation that's out of the ordinary. | |
| Definitions include: to work to help a person, cause, etc. | |
| Definitions include: to smoke marijuana with a bat, which is a small cylinder pipe. | |
| Definitions include: a naive person | |
| Definitions include: a small pipe that holds a single hit of a smokable drug - usually marijuana; "pinch hitter". | |
| Definitions include: A figurative device used in the creation of a porn face. | |
| Definitions include: A response to something that is a good deal. | |
Other terms relating to 'hell': | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: no chance. | |
| Definitions include: to a great extent. | |
| Definitions include: to a great extent. | |
| Definitions include: never. | |
| Definitions include: to be vastly superior. | |
| Definitions include: to violently beat. | |
| Definitions include: bitch from hell | |
| Definitions include: general exclamation. | |
| Definitions include: to kill or destroy. | |
| Definitions include: "bastard operator from hell". | |
| Definitions include: Origin: The Fly Girls. | |
| Definitions include: no matter what. | |
| Definitions include: to curse. | |
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Other terms relating to 'like': | |
| Definitions include: to act superior. | |
| Definitions include: See act like (one's) shit doesn't stink. | |
| Definitions include: to say, in reported speech or conversation. | |
| Definitions include: to be present in large numbers. | |
| Definitions include: to bleed profusely. | |
| Definitions include: to have many children. | |
| Definitions include: of a woman, to be well-endowed. | |
| Definitions include: large, muscular, and strongly built. | |
| Definitions include: to have a large penis | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "dad I'd like to fuck". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit." | |
| Definitions include: to drink alcohol to excess. | |
| Definitions include: to die with others in a large group, usually within a short span of time. | |
| Definitions include: nice buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: when eating, to often eat a little. | |
Other terms relating to 'of': | |
| Definitions include: a worthless person. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: A good estimate, term of agreement | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: "not all there". | |
| Definitions include: skittish. | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: many. | |
| Definitions include: better than all that. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: something or someone cherished above all others. | |
| Definitions include: A fictional location used to denote a place that is very remote. | |
| Definitions include: very early in the day. | |
| Definitions include: some location extremely far away. | |
Other terms relating to 'out': | |
| Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched. | |
| Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use. | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed". | |
| Definitions include: Slang for having a shit. | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch". | |
| Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.) | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: also balls to the wall. | |
| Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury. | |
| Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to violently beat. | |
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