/ˈbæti/, /ˈbæti/, [ˈbæɾi]
OriginFrom 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”).
- slangMad, crazy, silly.
“On Sunday’s David Frost Show, Baroness Thatcher looked quite batty to me, eyes rolling.”
- obsoleteBelonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).
“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.”
- Multicultural-London-EnglishThe buttocks or anus.
“He kick the boy down and beat the boy back and batty and leg.”
- A surname transferred from the given name.
Formsbattier(comparative) · battiest(superlative) · batties(plural) · bati(alternative) · Battys(plural)
Source: Wiktionary