batty

bat·ty  (bt)

adj. bat·ti·er, bat·ti·est Slang

Crazy; insane.

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[From bats in the belfry.]

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batti·ness n.

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batty

Adjective

[-tier, -tiest] Slang

1. crazy

2. eccentric: a batty OAP [from bat²]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

batty - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" bats, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, around the bend, balmy, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, barmy, loopy, fruity, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

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batty

adjective crazy, odd, mad, eccentric, bats (slang) nuts (slang) barking (slang) peculiar, daft (informal) crackers Brit. (slang) queer (informal) insane, lunatic, loony (slang) barmy (slang) off-the-wall (slang) touched, nutty (slang) potty Brit. (informal) oddball (informal) off the rails, cracked (slang) bonkers (slang), chiefly Brit. cranky U.S., Canad., Irish (informal) dotty (slang), chiefly Brit. loopy (informal) crackpot (informal) out to lunch (informal) barking mad (slang) out of your mind, outré, gonzo (slang) screwy (informal) doolally (slang) off your trolley (slang) off the air Austral. (slang) round the twist Brit. (slang) up the pole (informal) off your rocker (slang) not the full shilling (informal) as daft as a brush (informal), chiefly Brit. wacko or whacko (slang) porangi N.Z. daggy Austral., N.Z. (informal)

Translations

batty [ˈbætɪ] adj (col) [person] → chiflado: [idea] → de chiflado

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batty [ˈbætɪ] adj (inf) [person] → toqué(e): [idea, behaviour] → loufoque

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batty [ˈbætɪ] (inf) adj → verrückt

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batty [ˈbætɪ] adj (col) [person] → svitato/a, strambo/a; [behaviour, idea] → strampalato/a