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Meaning of batty | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. The buttocks or anus.
    Multicultural-London-English
  3. A homosexual man.

Equivalents

Bosanski mal
Čeština praštěný
Deutsch verrückt
Ελληνικά τρελός
Esperanto freneza
Español loco
Français fou
Hrvatski mal
Italiano matto pazzo
日本語 狂った 突飛
Kurdî mal
Nederlands mal
Polski szurnięty
Српски mal

Examples

“He kick the boy down and beat the boy back and batty and leg.”
“For example, recent Jamaican 'raga' lyrics by Buju Banton and Brand Nubian attach the affirmation of black identity to crude animosity towards homosexuality and contain offensive language against the 'batties' as icons of non-blackness.”
“The rice, or batty, is sown in June, at the commencement of the periodical rains; […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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