bats
adjective
ˈbats 
: batty sense 2
Synonyms
- balmy
- barmy [chiefly British]
- batty
- bedlam
- bonkers
- brainsick
- bughouse [slang]
- certifiable
- crackbrained
- cracked
- crackers
- crackpot
- cranky [dialect]
- crazed
- crazy
- cuckoo
- daffy
- daft
- demented
- deranged
- fruity [slang]
- gaga
- haywire
- insane
- kooky
- kookie
- loco [slang]
- loony
- looney
- loony tunes
- looney tunes
- lunatic
- mad
- maniacal
- maniac
- mental
- meshuga
- meshugge
- meshugah
- meshuggah
- moonstruck
- non compos mentis
- nuts
- nutty
- psycho
- psychotic
- scatty [chiefly British]
- screwy
- unbalanced
- unhinged
- unsound
- wacko
- whacko
- wacky
- whacky
- wud [chiefly Scottish]
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Example Sentences
by film's end it's obvious that faded movie star Norma Desmond is completely bats
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Fox News, 25 Aug. 2019 Word History
First Known Use
1919, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing bats
bats 1 of 3
adjective
as in nuts
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind by film's end it's obvious that faded movie star Norma Desmond is completely bats Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- nuts
- psychotic
- gaga
- mad
- lunatic
- maniac
- insane
- batty
- cuckoo
- psycho
- mental
- disturbed
- crazy
- crackers
- maniacal
- ballistic
- cracked
- paranoid
- crazed
- demented
- moonstruck
- loony tunes
- looney tunes
- around the bend
- wacko
- paranoidal
- strange
- meshugah
- deranged
- bughouse
- meshugge
- unhinged
- barmy
- loco
- bonkers
- bedlam
- off
- loony
- depressed
- fruity
- nutty
- non compos mentis
- whacko
- haywire
- irrational
- looney
- certifiable
- daffy
- unbalanced
- fey
- bananas
- crackpot
- touched
- queer
- wacky
- daft
- meshuggah
- kooky
- obsessed
- kookie
- eccentric
- brainsick
- crackbrained
- out to lunch
- screwy
- meshuga
- nuclear
- balmy
- off one's gourd
- odd
- whacky
- unsound
- foolish
- off one's rocker
- wud
- off one's head
- distracted
- aberrant
- out of one's mind
- out of one's head
- scatty
- ape
- loopy
- cranky
- distraught
- unreasonable
- schizophrenic
- berserk
- neurotic
- oddball
- disordered
- dotty
- potty
- delirious
- sociopathic
- schizoid
- frantic
- delusional
- hysterical
- delusionary
- paranoiac
- pixilated
- pixillated
- hysteric
- witless
- tetched
- raving
- teched
- amok
- fixated
- paranoic
- monomaniac
- amuck
- obsessive-compulsive
- senseless
- monomaniacal
- frenzied
- wigged-out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sound
- compos mentis
- balanced
- sane
- clear
- reasonable
- normal
- healthy
- rational
- lucid
- judicious
- uncrazy
- sensible
- wise
- well-adjusted
- unneurotic
bats
2 of 3noun
1
as in hits
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument a sharp bat with a rolled-up newspaper and that fly was a goner Synonyms & Similar Words
- hits
- blows
- punches
- thumps
- thuds
- strokes
- swipes
- knocks
- whacks
- pounds
- slaps
- licks
- pokes
- pelts
- smacks
- bangs
- beats
- clips
- hooks
- slugs
- socks
- lashes
- spanks
- stingers
- clouts
- switches
- swats
- stripes
- swings
- claps
- biffs
- slams
- hands
- boxes
- belts
- haymakers
- chops
- raps
- thwacks
- knees
- bops
- hacks
- cuffs
- whams
- buffets
- welts
- smashes
- bashes
- cracks
- kicks
- picks
- whaps
- lickings
- wallops
- busts
- dabs
- fillips
- larrups
- counters
- douses
- counterstrokes
- plumps
- sidewinders
- whops
- counterblows
- beatings
- counter-strokes
- shivers
- rights
- body blows
- crunchers
- counter-blows
- counterpunches
- rabbit punches
- batterings
- roundhouses
- whips
- uppercuts
- lefts
- right-handers
- knockdowns
- bastinadoes
- knockouts
- thrashings
- sucker punches
- drubbings
- pastings
- bastinades
- whippings
- kayos
- one-twos
- wallopings
- KOs
2
as in canes
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment riot policemen armed with bats and tear gas Synonyms & Similar Words
- canes
- batons
- mallets
- staves
- hammers
- clubs
- bludgeons
- rods
- staffs
- nightsticks
- maces
- cudgels
- beetles
- truncheons
- shillelaghs
- billy clubs
- bastinadoes
- waddies
- billies
- saps
- bastinades
- shillalahs
- rungs
- staves
- knobkerries
- birches
- rattans
- blackjacks
- sledgehammers
- hickories
- mauls
- switches
- gavels
- crosiers
- crooks
- croziers
- crabsticks
- walking sticks
- whangees
bats
3 of 3verb
1
as in knocks
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner batted the lamp off the table with one strike Synonyms & Similar Words
- hits
- knocks
- punches
- strikes
- bangs
- smacks
- slaps
- pounds
- clips
- slams
- claps
- whacks
- swipes
- cracks
- hammers
- boxes
- nails
- whales
- slugs
- clocks
- socks
- clouts
- thumps
- bashes
- bludgeons
- kicks
- swats
- taps
- licks
- tags
- flicks
- thwacks
- batters
- raps
- belts
- bops
- jabs
- pokes
- smites
- chops
- bobs
- biffs
- wallops
- zaps
- strokes
- busts
- pastes
- bonks
- stabs
- bumps
- clobbers
- pelts
- shoves
- pushes
- peppers
- bunts
- mauls
- skulls
- stamps
- lashes
- beats
- pommels
- butts
- knees
- hangs one on
- cuffs
- slogs
- clubs
- buffets
- laces
- decks
- brains
- spears
- canes
- pummels
- levels
- slashes
- mangles
- scuffs
- roughs
- bungs
- creams
- sledgehammers
- drubs
- floors
- whips
- dumps
- cudgels
- prods
- switches
- beans
- sledges
- fells
- conks
- knocks down
- flails
- jostles
- saps
- rabbit-punches
- sucker punches
- thrashes
- lambasts
- lambastes
- bowls (down or over)
- flogs
2
as in batters
to strike repeatedly batted the piñata until it finally broke open Synonyms & Similar Words
- batters
- licks
- lashes
- pounds
- pelts
- hides
- hits
- whips
- attacks
- beats
- knocks
- whales
- thumps
- clubs
- hammers
- punches
- assaults
- does
- smashes
- mauls
- boxes
- slaps
- paddles
- slates
- raids
- bludgeons
- chops
- spanks
- storms
- slams
- pommels
- birches
- bashes
- switches
- belts
- works over
- curries
- buffets
- punches out
- tans
- laces
- wallops
- whacks
- pummels
- wounds
- thrashes
- threshes
- lathers
- smacks
- swipes
- drubs
- whaps
- fibs
- socks
- flogs
- bungs up
- bastes
- belabors
- clouts
- cracks
- swats
- slogs
- whups
- beats up on
- lambastes
- whops
- thwacks
- canes
- cudgels
- tromps
- leathers
- lams
- rushes
- flagellates
- cuffs
- whams
- lambasts
- blackjacks
- scourges
- straps
- pastes
- clobbers
- busts
- cowhides
- horsewhips
- assails
- besets
- rawhides
- roughs (up)
- lacerates
- whomps
- lays on
- messes (up)
- descends (on or upon)
- gores
- mutilates
- pistol-whips
- maims
- jumps (on)
- fustigates
- mangles
- pounces (on or upon)
3
as in roams
to move about from place to place aimlessly on Sunday afternoons we'd pile into Father's car and bat around the countryside Synonyms & Similar Words
- roams
- wanders
- cruises
- drifts
- strolls
- floats
- roves
- ranges
- maunders
- galavants
- gypsies
- traipses
- gallivants
- hobos
- rambles
- mooches
- meanders
- gads (about)
- knocks (about)
- tramps
- saunters
- mopes
- vagabonds
- ambles
- kicks around
- strays
- dawdles
- straggles
- mills (about or around)
- empathised
- empathises
- empathising
- empathize
- empathize (with)
- empathize with
- empathized
- empathized (with)
- empathized with
- empathizer
- empathizers
- empathizes
- empathizes (with)
- empathizes with
- empathizing
- empathizing (with)
- empathizing with
- empathy
- empearl
- Empedoclean
- Empedocles
- empeine
- empennage
- empennages
- empeople