batty

[ bat-ee ]

adjective

, Slang.

, bat·ti·er, bat·ti·est.

1. insane; crazy; eccentric.

batty

/ ˈbætɪ /

adjective

1. insane; crazy
2. odd; eccentric

Other Words From

• batti·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of batty¹

bat ² + -y ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of batty¹

C20: from bat ²; compare the phrase have bats in the belfry

Example Sentences

As good at simmering repression as batty idiocy, the woman’s got range.

From Time

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.

From The Daily Beast

They’re 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.

From Washington Post

All at once, in other words, Fox News is bolstering its batty programming while kneecapping its journalism.

From Washington Post

The song title “Batty Man Fi Dead,” for example, means “All Faggots Should Be Killed.”

From The Daily Beast

It should go without saying that his ideas about how to fight poverty are as a batty as they come, completely driven by ideology.

From The Daily Beast

And the two of us say that paying college athletes their "fair-market value" is a batty idea.

From The Daily Beast

Then against the glass I saw the face, and it gave me such a turn that I thought I must be going batty.

From Project Gutenberg

Everybody does go batty that's high-brow and studies and all that drool.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally, as the girls started forward again, Grace much relieved in mind, Sam Batty pulled out his handkerchief and waved it.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

"Thought he was going to leave," croaked Batty, nodding towards the wood-pile as he took the glass extended towards him.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• nuts
• wacky