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Bats

//bæts// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Mad, insane. informal
"You must be bats to go out in the cold without a coat on."

Adjective

1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A Northeast Caucasian language of the Nakh family, spoken in Georgia.
2
A commune in Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
3
A nickname for Batman.
"The Dark Knight Returns, published in four installments in 1986, is an extremely grim vision of a near-future Batman in a crime-ridden Gotham (reminiscent of Death Wish–era New York) that went to seed after Bats hung up the cape and cowl years prior."

Noun

1
plural of bat form-of, plural

Verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of bat form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

From Bat(man) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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