bats
/bats
/adjective [predicative] informal, dated
(Of a person) mad.I know she's good at getting press (partially because she's really good at marketing her fair-weather femininity), but it's obvious that she's bats....
- We realize in short order that she's bats, and that simple observation steals a great deal of power from the proceedings.
- I have in fact stated a number or times that I think he's bats.
Origin
Early 20th century: from the phrase have bats in the belfry (see bat2).
- picture message
- picture messaging
- picture miniature
- picture molding
- picture monitor
- picture mosaic
- picture moulding
- picture palace
- picture-perfect
- picture phone
- picture plane
- picture play
- picture postcard
- picture-postcardish
- picturer
- picture rail
- picture researcher
- picture ring
- picture rod
- picture-roll
- picture search
- picture show
- picture signal
- picture sleeve
- picture space