Batty — Bat ty (b[a^]t t[y^]), a. 1. Belonging to, or resembling, a bat. Batty wings. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Crazy; demented; loony; nuts; as, her constant gabbing is driving me batty. [Colloq.] Syn: bats. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
batty — 1580s, pertaining to bats, from BAT (Cf. bat) (n.2) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Slang sense nuts, crazy is attested from 1903, from the expression (to have) bats in (one s) belfry, also meaning not be right in the head (1899) … Etymology dictionary
bats in the/your belfry — see ↑belfry • • • Main Entry: ↑bat bats in the/your belfry informal + old fashioned ◇ To have bats in the belfry or (chiefly US) bats in your belfry is to be crazy. an old woman with bats in her belfry [=a crazy/batty old woman] • • • … Useful english dictionary
bats — ats (b[a^]ts), a. Crazy; insane; loony; demented; batty. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bats — 1. AND batty mod. crazy. □ Youre bats! □ You are driving me batty! 2. AND batty mod. alcohol intoxicated; confused and drunk. □ The guy was bats stewed to his ears. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bats — predic.adj. sl. crazy. Etymology: f. phr. (have) bats in the belfry: see BAT(2) * * * I. plural of bat present third singular of bat II. ˈbats … Useful english dictionary
bats in the belfry — mental abnormality The phrase covers anything from absentmindedness through eccentricity to madness, when the wild ideas may circle in your head like the mammals in the church tower at twilight: Dear man, you ve got bats in the belfry.… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
bats — adjective Date: 1919 batty 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
bats — Synonyms and related words: balmy, bananas, barmy, batty, beany, bonkers, buggy, bughouse, bugs, crackers, cuckoo, daffy, dippy, dotty, flaky, flipped, freaked out, fruitcakey, fruity, gaga, goofy, haywire, just plain nuts, kooky, loony, loopy,… … Moby Thesaurus
batty — Synonyms and related words: apish, asinine, balmy, bananas, barmy, bats, beany, bedlamite, befooled, beguiled, besotted, bonkers, brainless, buffoonish, buggy, bughouse, bugs, cockeyed, cracked, crackers, crazed, crazy, credulous, cuckoo, daffy,… … Moby Thesaurus
batty — Go to bats … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
