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bats

adjective \ˈbats\

Definition of BATS

:  batty 2
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First Known Use of BATS

1919

Related to BATS

Synonyms
balmy, barmy [chiefly British], insane, batty, bedlam, bonkers, brainsick, bughouse [slang], certifiable, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, crackpot, cranky [dialect], crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, deranged, fruity [slang], gaga, haywire, kooky (also kookie), loco [slang], loony (also looney), loony tunes (or looney tunes), lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac), mental, meshuga (or meshugge also meshugah or meshuggah), moonstruck, non compos mentis, nuts, nutty, psycho, psychotic, scatty [chiefly British], screwy, unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, wacko (also whacko), wacky (also whacky), wud [chiefly Scottish]
Antonyms
balanced, compos mentis, sane, sound, uncrazy

Rhymes with BATS

rats

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72 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. bats
  2. bat
  3. bat in
  4. bat out
  5. anvil bat
  6. at bat
  7. ball bat
  8. big brown bat
  9. big-eared bat
  10. bloodsucking bat
  11. brown bat
  12. brown horseshoe bat
  13. bulldog bat
  14. butterfly bat
  15. cave bat
  16. cinnamon bat
  17. cricket bat
  18. desert bat
  19. disk bat
  20. disk-wing bat
  21. epauletted bat
  22. false vampire bat
  23. forest bat
  24. fox bat
  25. free-tailed bat
  26. frosted bat
  27. fruit bat
  28. fungo bat
  29. golden bat
  30. golden horseshoe bat
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