bats

1. pluralplural of bat

1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of bat

comparative more bats · superlative most bats

1. informalMad, insane.

   You must be bats to go out in the cold without a coat on.

   1 more example

   "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."

   1952, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings and Darbishire

   Synonyms: batshit

1. A Northeast Caucasian language of the Nakh family, spoken in Georgia.

   Synonyms: Batsbi, Batsb, Batsaw, Batsi, Tsova-Tush, Tush, Mosok

1. A commune in Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

1. A nickname for Batman.

   The Dark Knight Returns, published in four installments in 1986, is an extremely grim vision of a near-future Batman in a crime-ridden Gotham (reminiscent of Death Wish–era New York) that went to seed after Bats hung up the cape and cowl years prior.

   2014 July 23, Abraham Riesman, “Dear Hollywood: Stop Using Frank Miller’s Batman Stories As Source Material”, in Vulture