batshit
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/ˈbæt.ʃɪt/
Definition of batshit
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (literally, uncountable, vulgar)Fecal matter produced by bats.
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noun
- (literally, uncountable, vulgar)Fecal matter produced by bats.
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(slang, uncountable, vulgar)Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.
“Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, suggested Cleverly had previously privately referred to the Rwanda plan as “batshit”, a jibe not explicitly denied by Cleverly.”
adj
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(slang, vulgar)Extremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy.
“Don't take any courses from that professor. She's completely batshit.”
“And what the fuck are you doing on TV anyhow? You know I get calls from back home every fuckin day, they think you went batshit!”
“Those subpoenas went out today! The front office is gonna go batshit!”
adv
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(not-comparable, slang)Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or synonyms.
“When we heard about it he went batshit nuts.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Presumably from batty (“crazy”), itself from earlier have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Possibly influenced by or derived from apeshit, particularly in phrase go apeshit.
Words you can make from batshit
82 playable · top: HABITS (11 pts)
Best play habits 11 points5-letter words
9 words4-letter words
29 words- BAHT 9 pts
- BASH 9 pts
- BATH 9 pts
- BISH 9 pts
- AHIS 7 pts
- HAST 7 pts
- HATS 7 pts
- HIST 7 pts
- HITS 7 pts
- SHAT 7 pts
- SHIT 7 pts
- SITH 7 pts
- THAT 7 pts
- THIS 7 pts
- BAIT 6 pts
- BAST 6 pts
- BATS 6 pts
- BATT 6 pts
- BIAS 6 pts
- BITS 6 pts
- BITT 6 pts
- ISBA 6 pts
- STAB 6 pts
- TABS 6 pts
- AITS 4 pts
- SATI 4 pts
- STAT 4 pts
- TATS 4 pts
- TITS 4 pts
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