bats

adj

1. Mad, insane.

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

   “"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."”

name

Etymology: From Bat(man) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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.”

noun

1. plural of bat

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bat