batty
/ˈbæti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.79 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname transferred from the given name.
Example Sentences
- "He had left too fast. He must have seen the girl. He couldn't be sure she was too batty to see him."
- "On Sunday’s David Frost Show, Baroness Thatcher looked quite batty to me, eyes rolling."
- "And from each other look thou lead them thus Till o'er their brows death-counterfeiting sleep With leaden legs and batty wings doth creep."
- "He kick the boy down and beat the boy back and batty and leg."
- "For example, recent Jamaican 'raga' lyrics by Buju Banton and Brand Nubian attach the affirmation of black identity to crude animosity towards homosexuality and contain offensive language against the 'batties' as icons of non-blackness."
- "The rice, or batty, is sown in June, at the commencement of the periodical rains; […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbæti/
- British English: /ˈbæti/