batt

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noun

Pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or insulation

OriginOld English batt ← Medieval Latin beatus →
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Meanings

batt1

nounbatt (plural batts)

plural batts

  1. Pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or insulation
  2. Polariplural normallyA shoe.

    As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage. We would zhoosh our riahs, powder our eeks, climb into our bona new drag, don our batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar.

    1977, Rictor Norton, quoting Peter Burton, The Gentle Art of Confounding Naffs, quoted in Myth of the Modern Homosexual, Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2016, →ISBN, page 115

batt2

nounbatt (plural batts)

plural batts

  1. abbreviationclippingslangClipping of battery.

    where is cheapest place to buy laptop batt?

    2000 June 30, Steve Perry, “cheapest place for laptop bat?”, in england.ads.computer (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025
    2 more examples

    Kit / rapid charger, leather case, 2 NIMH slim batts, Nicad XT batt, overnite charger, RJ11 land line to cellular conversion interface, more

    1996 January 29, Saleen001, “Cell phones for sale below wholesale”, in alt.cellular (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025

    I bought a phone batt from them a while ago.

    2005 March 21, Paul Jeffree, “Disposal of laptop batteries”, in alt.pcnews (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025

Batt3

proper noun
  1. IrelandA diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
batting

Origin

batt · noun

Late Middle English in the sense "piece, lump," of uncertain origin, but possibly related to the noun bat with the sense of "beaten" fabric.

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Batt · proper noun

  1. Medieval Latinbeatus“blessed”
  2. Old Englishbatt“cudgel”
  3. EnglishBatt

* As an English surname, a pet form of Bartholomew. * Also as an English surname, possibly from Old English batt (“cudgel”); see modern bat. * As a German surname, from a derivative of Medieval Latin beatus (“blessed”).

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Translations

Finnish täyte, puru
  • täytefabric of fibre used for stuffing
  • purufabric of fibre used for stuffing
  • villafabric of fibre used for stuffing
Spanish guata
  • guatafabric of fibre used for stuffing

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with batt

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

batt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batt

MLA

“batt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “batt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batt.

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