English-Thai Dictionary

batty

ADJ บ้า (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  ติ๊งต๊อง  crazy sane rational bar

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BATTY

a.[from bat, an animal. ] Belonging to a bat.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BATTY

BATTY Bat "ty, a.

 

Defn: Belonging to, or resembling, a bat. "Batty wings. " Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

batty

bat ty |ˈbatē ˈbædi | ▶adjective ( battier, battiest ) informal crazy; insane: you'll drive me batty! DERIVATIVES bat ti ly |ˈbatəlē |adverb, bat ti ness noun ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from bat 2 + -y 1. Compare with bats .

 

batty

batty 2 |ˈbati | ▶noun W. Indian informal a person's bottom. ORIGIN 1930s: representing a pronunciation of botty .

 

batty boy

batty boy (also batty man ) ▶noun W. Indian informal, derogatory a homosexual man.

 

Oxford Dictionary

batty

batty 1 |ˈbati | ▶adjective ( battier, battiest ) informal, chiefly Brit. mad; insane: you'll drive me batty! DERIVATIVES battily adverb, battiness noun ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from bat 2 + -y 1. Compare with bats .

 

batty

batty 2 |ˈbati | ▶noun W. Indian informal a person's bottom. ORIGIN 1930s: representing a pronunciation of botty .

 

batty boy

batty boy (also batty man ) ▶noun W. Indian informal, derogatory a homosexual man.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

batty

batty adjective informal See mad (sense 1 ). WORD NOTE See crazy Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

batty

batty adjective informal she has gone completely batty. See mad (sense 1 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

batty

bat ty /bǽti /形容詞 ｟英 くだけて ｠〈人 考えなどが 〉少しいかれた, 常軌を逸した .