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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈbæti/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abttyStarts with BEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Word origin

From bat + -y. In sense “insane”, attested 1903, from expression have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Compare also batshit (“insane”) and squirrelly (“jumpy, eccentric”).

Used in a sentence

  • On Sunday’s David Frost Show, Baroness Thatcher looked quite batty to me, eyes rolling.
  • And from each other look thou lead them thus Till o'er their brows death-counterfeiting sleep With leaden legs and batty wings doth creep.
  • He kick the boy down and beat the boy back and batty and leg.

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