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bats

adjective
\ ˈbats How to pronounce bats (audio) \

Definition of bats

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Synonyms & Antonyms for bats

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 (also kookie), loco [slang], loony (also looney), loony tunes (or looney tunes), lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac), mental, meshuga (or meshugge), moonstruck, non compos mentis, nuts, nutty, psycho, psychotic, scatty [chiefly British], screwy, unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, wacko (also whacko), wacky (also whacky), wud [chiefly Scottish]

Antonyms

balanced, compos mentis, sane, sound, uncrazy

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Examples of bats in a Sentence

by film's end it's obvious that faded movie star Norma Desmond is completely bats

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First Known Use of bats

1919, in the meaning defined above

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