bats

• IPA^(key): /bæts/

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• Rhymes: -æts

bats

1. plural of bat

bats

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bat

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."

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbats]
• Rhymes: -ats

bats

1. second-person singular present indicative of batre

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• Rhymes: -ɑts

bats

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

• bast

• IPA^(key): /ba/

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• Homophones: bat (general), bas, bât, bâts (some speakers)

bats

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

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• IPA^(key): /bɑt͡s/
• Hyphenation: bats
• Rhymes: -ɑts

bats f

1. (anatomy) buttock

From Proto-Athabaskan *weˑǯ. Cognate with Ahtna baets.

• IPA^(key): /pætsʰ/

bats (possessed form badza')

1. gull

bats

1. to be tan, light brown, blond, shiny

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 71

bats m pl

1. plural of bat

bats

1. plural of bat