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Batty

//ˈbæti// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Mad, crazy, silly. slang
"On Sunday’s David Frost Show, Baroness Thatcher looked quite batty to me, eyes rolling."
2
Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal). obsolete
"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."

Adjective

1
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A surname transferred from the given name.

Noun

1
The buttocks or anus. Multicultural-London-English
"He kick the boy down and beat the boy back and batty and leg."
2
Obsolete form of paddy (“rice”). alt-of, obsolete
"The rice, or batty, is sown in June, at the commencement of the periodical rains; […]"
3
A homosexual man. Canada, Jamaica, UK, derogatory
"For 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From 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”).

Etymology 2

From bottom, possibly influenced by botty or butt.

Etymology 3

From Batte, a Middle English pet-form of Bartholomew.

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