bats

[bats]

adjective

Slang.

1. insane; crazy.

   He's gone bats.

bats

/ bæts /

adjective

1. informal,  crazy; very eccentric

Word History and Origins

Origin of bats¹

First recorded in 1915–20; bat ², -s ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of bats¹

from _{bats-in-the-belfry} (sense 2)

Example Sentences

But there’s also something personal at stake for Pages, who grew up in Cuba so poor his carpenter father made the bats he played with.

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Rather, they are merely Halloween-inspired, containing candies that are shaped like bats and cats — undeniably two of the spookiest creatures.

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In California, skunks, raccoon and bats are more likely to carry the disease, which attacks the brain and spinal cord.

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Trout had already agreed to give Alberto — who attended the game with his wife and two children — three signed bats and two signed baseballs in exchange for the ball he crushed.

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On the same day Corona Centennial was playing Mater Dei in football, the sounds of baseballs coming off aluminum bats could be heard from the Centennial batting cage.

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