Definitions for batty
ˈbæt ibat·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whackyadjective

   informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

   "it used to drive my husband balmy"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. battynoun

   The buttocks or anus.

2. battynoun

   A homosexual man.

3. battyadjective

   Mad, crazy, silly.

4. battyadjective

   Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).

   Batty wings. uE000119929uE001 Shakespeare.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Battyadjective

   Belonging to a bat.

   Etymology: from bat.

   Till o’er their brows death counterfeiting sleep,
   With leaden legs and batty wings doth creep. William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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1. Batty

   Batty is a surname and is most commonly found in Yorkshire, northern England. It is derived from Batte, a medieval form of the given name Bartholomew.

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1. batty

   Batty is an informal adjective primarily used in British English to describe someone as eccentric, crazy, mad, or behaving in an unpredictable manner. The term can also be used lightheartedly to refer to someone whose actions or ideas are seen as amusingly odd or unusual.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Battyadjective

   belonging to, or resembling, a bat

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BATTY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Batty is ranked #13752 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Batty surname appeared 2,200 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Batty.
   
   82.1% or 1,808 total occurrences were White.
   11.5% or 253 total occurrences were Black.
   2.8% or 63 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 49 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce batty?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say batty in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of batty in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of batty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of batty in a Sentence

1. David Duval:

   It's going to drive some people batty, that's for sure.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=batty
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Batty
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=batty
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batty
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/batty
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=batty