BATTY
What does "BATTY" mean?
Crazy, eccentric, or slightly mad.
Meanings
- Mildly insane, foolish, or eccentric. Everyone thought the old man was batty for talking to his roses. informal
Word origin
From the phrase 'bats in the belfry', an early-1900s image of a head full of erratically swooping bats; the adjective 'batty' was clipped from it.
Remember it
BATTY = full of BATs (in the belfry), with a -TY tacked on for the condition.
A little poem
He counts the streetlamps every night,
names each one, salutes the third -
batty, sure, but never late.
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Wordplay
- I told the doctor I felt batty. He said it was nothing - just a little flap of nerves.
What it teaches
The line between batty and brilliant is mostly drawn by whoever was wrong about you.
Quick facts
What does BATTY mean?
Crazy, eccentric, or slightly mad.
Is BATTY a valid word?
Yes — BATTY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BATTY?
BATTY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BATTY come from?
From the phrase 'bats in the belfry', an early-1900s image of a head full of erratically swooping bats; the adjective 'batty' was clipped from it.
What can BATTY teach us?
The line between batty and brilliant is mostly drawn by whoever was wrong about you.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.