batty

== English == === Etymology 1 === From bat +‎ -y. In sense “insane”, attested 1903, from expression have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Compare also batshit (“insane”) and squirrelly (“jumpy, eccentric”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæti/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbæti/, [ˈbæɾi] Homophone: baddie (t-flapping) Rhymes: -æti ==== Adjective ==== batty (comparative battier, superlative battiest) (slang) Mad, crazy, silly. (obsolete) Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal). ===== Derived terms ===== batshit ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== squirrelly === Etymology 2 === From bottom, possibly influenced by botty or butt. ==== Alternative forms ==== bati ==== Noun ==== batty (plural batties) (West Indian slang, MLE, MTE) The buttocks or anus. (Jamaica, UK, Canada, derogatory) A homosexual man. ===== Derived terms ===== batty boy batty hole batty man batty rider ==== References ==== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== batty Obsolete form of paddy (“rice”). == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbatɪ/ Hyphenation: ba‧tty === Noun === batty (plural batty dem, quantified batty) butt, bottom, buttocks (buttocks) ==== Derived terms ==== battyman batty rider bench and batty jonkro batty === References === Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 84 batty – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary