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Synonyms for batty


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bat-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæt i



Définition of batty

Origin :
  • 1580s, "pertaining to bats," from bat (n.2) + -y (2). Slang sense "nuts, crazy" is attested from 1903, from the expression (to have) bats in (one's) belfry, also meaning "not be right in the head" (1899).
  • adj crazy
Example sentences :
  • Either he's batty or else he's pretendin' to be, one or the other.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I had a batty idea that the next whiff of breeze would jar it loose.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • So far as looks went, we were just as batty as Sir Peter with his wooden hat.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • Ma says as how ye could be made into a woman if ye hadn't got batty with birds and things.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • Guess I must have sat there, starin' bug-eyed and lookin' batty, from 14th to Wall.
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • Indeed, I will at once compel Mr. Batty to contradict the report which is afloat.
  • Extract from : « Grace Darling » by Eva Hope
  • There's a woman lobbyin' for Burroughs, so they say, and she's got Blair batty!
  • Extract from : « A Man of Two Countries » by Alice Harriman
  • The man known as Batty may or may not have been about to answer him.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer
  • “Hello, Batty,” he said as he set the exhibit oscillating with a push of the knee.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer
  • Jack Sydenham sang rarely: so did his other servant, Mr. Batty.
  • Extract from : « Brief Lives (Vol. 1 of 2) » by John Aubrey

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