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batty
adjective bat·ty \ˈba-tē\
: foolish or silly
bat·ti·erbat·ti·est
Full Definition of BATTY
1
: of, relating to, or resembling a bat
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First Known Use of BATTY
1590
Related to BATTY
- Synonyms
- balmy, barmy [chiefly British], bats, insane, 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
BATTY Defined for Kids
batty
adjective bat·ty \ˈba-tē\
bat·ti·erbat·ti·est
Definition of BATTY for Kids
: crazy 1
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