batty

batty
Synonyms and related words:
apish, asinine, balmy, bananas, barmy, bats, beany, bedlamite, befooled, beguiled, besotted, bonkers, brainless, buffoonish, buggy, bughouse, bugs, cockeyed, cracked, crackers, crazed, crazy, credulous, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dazed, deranged, dippy, dizzy, doting, dotty, dumb, fatuitous, flipped, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, freaked-out, fruitcakey, fruity, fuddled, futile, gaga, goofy, gulled, haywire, idiotic, imbecile, inane, inept, infatuated, insane, just plain nuts, kooky, loony, loopy, mad, maniac, maudlin, moronic, nuts, nutty, off the hinges, off the track, off the wall, potty, round the bend, sappy, screwball, screwballs, screwy, senseless, sentimental, silly, slaphappy, stupid, thoughtless, wacky, wet, witless

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  • Batty — Разработчик Hit Pak Издатель …   Википедия

  • Batty — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: David Batty (* 1968), englischer Fußballspieler Jason Batty (* 1971), neuseeländischer Fußballtorwart Julius Batty (Pseudonym nach Thomas Batty, eigentlich Julius Seeth, 1863–1939), deutscher Löwendompteur …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Batty — Bat ty (b[a^]t t[y^]), a. 1. Belonging to, or resembling, a bat. Batty wings. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Crazy; demented; loony; nuts; as, her constant gabbing is driving me batty. [Colloq.] Syn: bats. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • batty — 1580s, pertaining to bats, from BAT (Cf. bat) (n.2) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Slang sense nuts, crazy is attested from 1903, from the expression (to have) bats in (one s) belfry, also meaning not be right in the head (1899) …   Etymology dictionary

  • batty — ► ADJECTIVE (battier, battiest) informal ▪ mad. DERIVATIVES battiness noun. ORIGIN from BAT(Cf. ↑bat) …   English terms dictionary

  • batty — [bat′ē] adj. battier, battiest [< BAT2 + Y2] Slang crazy or eccentric …   English World dictionary

  • batty — [[t]bæ̱ti[/t]] battier, battiest ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is batty, you mean that they are rather eccentric or slightly crazy. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Laura s going a bit batty. ...some batty uncle of theirs. Syn: barmy …   English dictionary

  • batty — adj. (slang) mad to go batty over * * * [ bætɪ] (slang) [ mad ] to go batty over …   Combinatory dictionary

  • batty — UK [ˈbætɪ] / US adjective Word forms batty : adjective batty comparative battier superlative battiest informal slightly crazy …   English dictionary

  • Batty — This unusual name is a diminutive form of the English and Scottish medieval personal name Bat(t)e , itself a shortened, diminutive form of Bartholomew , a very popular name in the Middle Ages. Bartholomew derives from the Aramaic bar Talmay , son …   Surnames reference

  • batty — adj Crazy, insane. If you think I m going to get me to date your sister, you re batty. 1900s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

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