bats

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See also: Bats, bâts, and båts

English

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  • IPA(key): /bæts/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æts

Noun

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bats

  1. plural of bat

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bats

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bat

Adjective

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bats (comparative more bats, superlative most bats)

  1. (informal) Mad, insane.
    Synonym: batshit
    You must be bats to go out in the cold without a coat on.
    • 1952, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings and Darbishire:
      "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."

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Catalan

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bats

  1. second-person singular present indicative of batre

Dutch

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bats

  1. inflection of batsen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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French

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bats

  1. inflection of battre:
    1. first/second-person singular indicative present
    2. second-person singular imperative

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bats f

  1. (anatomy) buttock

Spanish

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bats m pl

  1. plural of bat

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Noun

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bats

  1. plural of bat