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bats

BATS/bæts/

3 meanings of bats

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of bat. Use it when you mean more than one bat.

    The bats hung upside down in the dark cave.

    He packed two wooden bats for the game.

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  2. 2
    verb
    Third-person singular simple present of bat. Use it with he, she, or it.

    She bats away every question with a quick joke.

    He bats third in the lineup today.

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  3. 3
    adjectivecolloquial
    Crazy, or not thinking in a normal way.

    After three sleepless nights, he felt completely bats.

    The whole idea sounds bats to me.

    Similarcrazy, insane, mad, nuts, batshit

    Oppositesane

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bats is a form of bat

bat, noun: A flying animal, usually small, that is active mostly at night and usually eats insects or fruit. Full entry

Forms
batbats plural
Spelling
bat → bats: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /s/.

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