bats

Speech parts

1. bats - Noun

2. bats - Adjective

3. bats - Verb

4. bats - Adjective Satellite

5. Bats - Proper noun

Meaning

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

batty loco dotty daft loony cracked buggy wacky nutty balmy bonkers barmy nuts crackers fruity

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Antonyms

normal lucid stable logical rational intelligent

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Phrases with the word

have bats in one's belfry be bats baseball bats table tennis bats go bats bats in the belfry

Anagrams

bast stab ATSB BTAS SATB TBSA tabs

Examples

The colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of my dreams. Claude Debussy

I tend to gravitate toward the more powerful roles. As opposed to the doe-eyed girl who bats her eyelashes and runs around in towels, you now what I mean? Because that kind of makes me want to vomit. Julia Stiles

I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself? Yogi Berra

Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing. David Almond

Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they ever fly by twilight. (Francis Bacon) English Proverb

Has bats between ears. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

batrisine batroxobin batroxostatin bats in the belfry Batsford batshit