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batty.

Mad, crazy, silly.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈbæti/UK/ˈbæti/US[ˈbæɾi]US
  1. Mad, crazy, silly.

    slang
  2. Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun
  1. The buttocks or anus.

    Multicultural-London-English
  2. A homosexual man.

    Canada · Jamaica · UK · derogatory
Where this word comes from

From bottom, possibly influenced by botty or butt.

noun
  1. Obsolete form of paddy (“rice”).

    alt-of · obsolete
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