bats

See also: Bats, bâts, and båts

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæts/
• Rhymes: -æts

Noun

bats

1. plural of bat

Verb

bats

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bat

Adjective

bats (comparative more bats, superlative most bats)

1. (informal) Mad, insane.

   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."

Anagrams

• ABTs, ATBs, ATSB, Bast, SATB, STAB, TBAs, TBSA, Tabs, bast, stab, tabs

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbats/
• Rhymes: -ats

Verb

bats

1. second-person singular present indicative form of batre

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɑts

Verb

bats

1. first-person singular present indicative of batsen
2. imperative of batsen

Anagrams

• bast

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba/
• Homophones: bat, bât, bas

Verb

bats

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

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Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bats/

Noun

bats

1. (anatomy) buttock

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Spanish

Noun

bats m pl

1. plural of bat

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Volapük

Noun

bats

1. plural of bat