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Batt

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew. Ireland
  2. 2
    A surname transferred from the given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    Pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or insulation
  2. 2
    Clipping of battery. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang

    "Kit / rapid charger, leather case, 2 NIMH slim batts, Nicad XT batt, overnite charger, RJ11 land line to cellular conversion interface, more"

  3. 3
    A shoe. Polari, plural-normally

    "As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage. We would zhoosh our riahs, powder our eeks, climb into our bona new drag, don our batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Late Middle English in the sense "piece, lump," of uncertain origin, but possibly related to the noun bat with the sense of "beaten" fabric.

Etymology 2

* As an English surname, a pet form of Bartholomew. * Also as an English surname, possibly from Old English batt (“cudgel”); see modern bat. * As a German surname, from a derivative of Medieval Latin beatus (“blessed”).

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