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BNC: 13428 COCA: 28836

batty

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
batty /ˈbæti/ adjective
battier; battiest
batty
/ˈbæti/
adjective
battier; battiest
Learner's definition of BATTY
informal
: foolish or silly愚蠢的;古怪的;乖张的
: crazy
BNC: 13428 COCA: 28836

batty

adjective

bat·​ty ˈba-tē How to pronounce batty (audio)
battier; battiest
1
: of, relating to, or resembling a bat
2
: mentally unstable : crazy
battiness noun

Example Sentences

a batty old lady who lives with 100 cats
Recent Examples on the Web Because people out there – parents, pundits, politicians – have gone batty. John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2022 These colorful creatures are filled with goodies that will make kids go absolutely batty. Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022 The English writer and director Terence Davies’s previous film was A Quiet Passion, a stirring biopic of the poet Emily Dickinson that strove to deconstruct her caricaturization as a batty recluse. David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 Alabama would move back to No. 2 after the two upsets before routing Auburn, 49-0 and surviving a batty SEC Championship with a 32-28 win over No. 3 Georgia. Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, 14 July 2022 Even before Freud came along with his batty theories about infantile sexuality and repressed wishes to kill one’s father, the discipline had struggled to define its methods and objectives. Daphne Merkin, The Atlantic, 10 July 2022 That’s because the bat has a lifetime of batty experiences that shape its worldview, not to mention a brain and a body utterly unlike our own. Sadie Dingfelder, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 The murders are almost incidental, sandwiched between accounts of her extreme study habits at Yale, her complicated relationship with her brilliant platonic friend Roman, her job, her spicy love life and her batty mother-in-law, Gertrude. Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 27 May 2022 One of the most amusing aspects of the movie — and of Swinton’s characteristically batty-brainy performance — is the swiftness with which Alithea gets used to having a 3,000-year-old djinn for company. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of batty was in 1600
BNC: 13428 COCA: 28836

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