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bats

[ bats ]

adjective

Slang.
  1. insane; crazy:

    He's gone bats.



bats

/ æٲ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    crazy; very eccentric
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bats1

First recorded in 1915–20; bat 2, -s 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bats1

from bats-in-the-belfry (sense 2)
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As of April, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has documented two rabid bats this year, both around the Santa Clarita area.

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After receiving two specially ordered bats from Harper — one blue and one pink — Turner then received a text telling him which one to hand to his teammate.

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Given the way the Dodgers have swung the bats lately, however, Chicago didn’t need it.

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On a windy 46-degree night in the nation’s capital, those long innings on defense did little to help the Dodgers’ bats warm up.

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But on Monday, their bats couldn’t bail them out.

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