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adjective, bat·ti·er, bat·ti·est.Slang.insane; crazy; eccentric. Origin of battybat2 + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM battybat·ti·ness, nounWords nearby battybattology, battue, bat turn, battuta, battuto, batty, batty boy, Batu Khan, Batum, Batumi, batuque Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for battyIt should go without saying that his ideas about how to fight poverty are as a batty as they come, completely driven by ideology. Boehner, the Tea Party, and the Ryan Express|Michael Tomasky|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST And the two of us say that paying college athletes their "fair-market value" is a batty idea. Kevin Ware and Market Value of College Athletes|Michael Tomasky|April 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST Guess I must have sat there, starin' bug-eyed and lookin' batty, from 14th to Wall. Batty Smith was awarded one and a half year's imprisonment, and appealed against his sentence. The Escaping Club|A. J. Evans
Dr Batty, of Kirby, who was called in, did not consider the type of fever to be alarming or dangerous. A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton Indeed, I will at once compel Mr. Batty to contradict the report which is afloat. Near Batty Bay they were caught in the ice-pack two miles from land and their fate was for a time doubtful. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World|Adolphus W. Greely
British Dictionary definitions for batty
adjective -tier or -tiest slanginsane; crazy odd; eccentric Word Origin for battyC20: from bat ²; compare the phrase have bats in the belfry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to battynuts, wacky, deranged, foolish, insane, silly, loco |