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battiness

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bat⋅ty

  [bat-ee]
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–adjective, -ti⋅er, -ti⋅est. Slang.
insane; crazy; eccentric.
Origin:
bat 2 + -y 1

Related forms:
bat⋅ti⋅ness, noun
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bat·ty   (bāt'ē)   
adj.   bat·ti·er, bat·ti·est Slang
Crazy; insane.

[From bats in the belfry.]
bat'ti·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
bats

  1. mod.
    and batty. crazy. : You are driving me batty! , You are bats if you think I would ever wear a haircut like that.
  2. mod.
    and batty. alcohol intoxicated; confused and drunk. : The guy was bats—stewed to his ears. , He was a bit batty, but he'd been drinking since noon, so no one was surprised.
  3. n.
    the batsthe delirium tremens. (Always with the.) : My buddy is shaking because of a slight case of the bats.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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