빠따

Korean

Etymology

Japanese バット (batto), from English bat. For the "batter" sense and also the pronunciation, probably also from Japanese バッター (battā), from English batter. The counter sense is an allusion to the order of batters in baseball.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ppatta
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ppa'tta
McCune–Reischauer?ppatta
Yale Romanization?ppa.tta

Noun

빠따 • (ppatta)

  1. (slang) baseball bat
    Synonyms: 야구 방망이 (yagu bangmang'i), 배트 (baeteu)
  2. (slang, vulgar) baseball batter
    Synonym: 타자(打者) (taja)
    오늘따라 빠따들이 왜 이렇게 못 치냐?
    oneulttara ppattadeur-i wae ireoke mot chinya?
    How come the batters are so terrible today?
  3. (slang, vulgar) baseball
    Synonym: 야구(野球) (yagu)
  4. (slang) physical abuse involving hitting someone with a bat or club (in the military, gangs, etc.)

Counter

빠따 • (ppatta)

  1. (slang, possibly vulgar) -th; position in order (with Sino-Korean numerals)
    Synonym: (shortening) 빠 (ppa)
    걔가 1빠따로 올렸어.
    Gyae-ga ilppatta-ro ollyeosseo.
    He submitted it first.
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