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Definition of batty adjective, bat·ti·er, bat·ti·est. Slang .
insane; crazy; eccentric.
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OTHER WORDS FROM batty bat·ti·ness, noun
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How to use batty in a sentence As good at simmering repression as batty idiocy, the womanâs got range.
The production design and costumes are unparalleled, and the writing somehow makes the ascension of Catherine the Great amidst a pregnancy and coup to be as batty as it is historically monumental.
Theyâre the shots that sent the benches scrambling, the broadcasters screaming and the winners escaping, shots that have dotted the batty fabric of March Madness through the past four, bracketed decades.
All at once, in other words, Fox News is bolstering its batty programming while kneecapping its journalism.
The song title âBatty Man Fi Dead,â for example, means âAll Faggots Should Be Killed.â
It should go without saying that his ideas about how to fight poverty are as a batty as they come, completely driven by ideology.
And the two of us say that paying college athletes their "fair-market value" is a batty idea.
Then against the glass I saw the face, and it gave me such a turn that I thought I must be going batty .
Everybody does go batty that's high-brow and studies and all that drool.
Finally, as the girls started forward again, Grace much relieved in mind, Sam Batty pulled out his handkerchief and waved it.
Now uncle Oscur and me would have to know long time befoar han about batty kates but miss Helun just waltzed in and made em.
"Thought he was going to leave," croaked Batty , nodding towards the wood-pile as he took the glass extended towards him.
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British Dictionary definitions for batty
adjective -tier or -tiest slang
insane; crazy
odd; eccentric
Word Origin for batty C20: from bat ÂČ; compare the phrase have bats in the belfry
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