BATS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bats mean? 

• BATS (adjective)
  The adjective BATS has 1 sense:

1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

  Familiarity information: BATS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Synonyms:

fruity; whacky; wacky; round the bend; nutty; nuts; loopy; loony; loco; kooky; kookie; haywire; around the bend; dotty; daft; crackers; cracked; buggy; bonkers; batty; bats; barmy; balmy

Context example:

it used to drive my husband balmy

Similar:

insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)

 Context examples 

Filoviridae infect primates, pigs and bats in nature and are a causitive agent of viral hemorrhagic fevers in humans and primates.

(Filoviridae, NCI Thesaurus)

Bats by the thousands congregate in such caves and mine shafts, spending their winters away from the elements.

(Hibernation season over, will disease-ridden bats emerge from caves and mines this spring?, NSF)

This made it difficult or impossible for the bats to pass without getting within striking distance of at least one boa.

(Snakes Hunt in Groups, Study Suggests, VOA)

The Ebolavirus natural reservoir is considered to be fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family and cause severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans.

(Ebola Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Hendra viruses are found naturally in Pteropid fruit bats, and are zoonotic pathogens in domestic animals (mainly in horses) and humans.

(Hendra Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

It was, as I had said, empty, save for a great number of enormous bats, which flapped round our heads as we advanced into it.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Henipavirus natural reservoir is considered to be fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family and cause influenza-like illness in humans.

(Henipavirus, NCI Thesaurus)

Nipah viruses are found naturally in Pteropid fruit bats, and are zoonotic pathogens in domestic animals (mainly in pigs) and humans.

(Nipah Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Bats usually wheel and flit about, but this one seemed to go straight on, as if it knew where it was bound for or had some intention of its own.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

An exquisite, fascinating fossil find in northern China has provided new evidence that some Jurassic dinosaurs developed membranous wings like those seen in modern day bats.

(Second Bat-Like Dinosaur Discovered in China, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)