From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbat something ↔ around phrasal verb informalDISCUSSto discuss various ideas or suggestions → bat→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
bat around• There are no Draculas turning into bats and flying around.• Would you like to bat me around a little bit to warm up?• The bat flapped around his misshapen hat and took off into the dark.• The new question was batted silently around the room, a room that was growing increasingly hot and airless. 