batty
pronunciation
How to pronounce batty in British English:
UK [ˈbæti]
How to pronounce batty in American English:
US [ˈbæti]
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- Adjective:
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Word Origin
- batty (adj.)
- 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).
Example
- 1. Batty is always helping her mother in the kitchen .
- 2. Allegedly , batty for the first time actually pregnant with triplets pregnancies , but nearly died because of ectopic pregnancy .
- 3. The batty old woman across the hall had died .
- 4. The kids had great fun at batty 's birthday party .
- 5. Our advice : another way to do this without looking like someone 's batty aunt kathy is to record what you eat in a discreet food tracker app on your phone .