English Explanatory Dictionary

batty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Mad, crazy, silly.
  2. Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).
noun
  1. The buttocks or anus.
  2. A homosexual man.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of paddy (“rice”).
name
  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Pronunciation

/ˈbæti/ [ˈbæɾi] En-au-batty.ogg

Word forms

batty battier battiest batties bati Battys

Etymology

From bat + -y. In sense “insane”, attested 1903, from expression have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Compare also batshit (“insane”) and squirrelly (“jumpy, eccentric”).

Related words

squirrelly

Derived words

batshit battily battiness batty boy batty hole batty man batty rider
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