Batty

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈbæti/
• Rhymes: -æti

Origin

bat + -y. In sense “insane”, attested 1903, from expression have bats in one's belfry,

Online Etymology Dictionary

from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Compare also batshit ("insane") and squirrelly ("jumpy, eccentric").

Full definition of batty

Adjective

1. (slang) Mad, crazy, silly.
2. (obsolete) Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).Batty wings. — Shakespeare.

Derived terms

• batshit

Noun

1. (West Indian slang) The buttocks or anus.
2. (Jamaica, UK, derogatory) A homosexual man.
• 1996, Rudi Bleys, The geography of perversionFor example, recent Jamaican 'raga' lyrics by Buju Banton and Brand Nubian attach the affirmation of black identity to crude animosity towards homosexuality and contain offensive language against the 'batties' as icons of non-blackness.

Derived terms

• batty boy
• batty man
• batty rider