batty
Americanadjective
adjective
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insane; crazy
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odd; eccentric
Other Word Forms
- battiness noun
Etymology
Origin of batty
Example Sentences
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The story “After the Haiku Period,” about batty twin sisters who lay siege to a slaughterhouse, reprises the material.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
“A Working Man” opens with a batty pastiche of bullets and buzz saws, parachutes and cranes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025
An average person might go mildly batty listening to piped-in Christmas tunes for 10 hours a day, five days a week, for two months, but among the theme park staff are genuine believers.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022
That’s because the bat has a lifetime of batty experiences that shape its worldview, not to mention a brain and a body utterly unlike our own.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022
The littlun Percival had early crawled into a shelter and stayed there for two days, talking, singing, and crying, till they thought him batty and were faintly amused.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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