bats

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/bæts/

Definition of bats

6 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of bat
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of bat

verb

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of bat

adj

  1. (informal)Mad, insane.
    “You must be bats to go out in the cold without a coat on.”
    “"Don't be so bats, Binns! Why should anyone want to pinch just one boot?" "He might have been a chap with only one leg."”

name

  1. A Northeast Caucasian language of the Nakh family, spoken in Georgia.
  2. A commune in Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
  3. A nickname for Batman.
    “The Dark Knight Returns, published in four installments in 1986, is an extremely grim vision of a near-future Batman in a crime-ridden Gotham (reminiscent of Death Wish–era New York) that went to seed after Bats hung up the cape and cowl years prior.”

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Etymology

From Bat(man) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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