'ware cougars
But I don't agree that "bat" is used only with the negative. "She fluttered her eyelashes at me" and "She batted her eyelashes at me" are synonymous.
Joseph Wambaugh (in 'Hollywood Hills') agrees:
'When she said it, her lashes fluttered subtly, and Nate thought, an older chick batting her eyes at me?'
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