adj
Meaning 1
Mad, crazy, silly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
batty
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbæti/
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US: /ˈbæti/
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US: [ˈbæɾi]
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homophone: baddie (t-flapping)
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rhymes with -æti
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CMU ARPABET: B AE1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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name
Meaning 3
A surname transferred from the given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
The buttocks or anus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English
Qualifier: West Indian slang
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noun
Meaning 5
A homosexual man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, Jamaica, UK, derogatory
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noun
Meaning 6
Obsolete form of paddy (“rice”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it used to drive my husband balmy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: balmy, barmy, bats, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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”).
From Batte, a Middle English pet-form of Bartholomew.
From bottom, possibly influenced by botty or butt.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: praštěný — mad, crazy, silly
- Czech: trhlý — mad, crazy, silly
- Czech: prdlý — mad, crazy, silly
- Dutch: mal — mad, crazy, silly
- Esperanto: freneza — mad, crazy, silly
- Finnish: pöllö — mad, crazy, silly
- Finnish: höperö — mad, crazy, silly
- French: fou — mad, crazy, silly
- German: verrückt — mad, crazy, silly
- Gothic: 𐍅𐍉𐌸𐍃 (wōþs) — mad, crazy, silly
- Greek: τρελός (trelós) — mad, crazy, silly
- Ancient Greek: τρηρός (trērós) — mad, crazy, silly
- Italian: matto — mad, crazy, silly
- Italian: pazzo — mad, crazy, silly
- Japanese: 狂った (kurutta) — mad, crazy, silly
- Japanese: 突飛 (toppi) — mad, crazy, silly
- Polish: szurnięty — mad, crazy, silly
- Spanish: loco — mad, crazy, silly