Definitions For Batshit

Adverb

{{en-adv, -}} (slang) {{non-gloss definition, Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or synonyms.}} : When we heard about it he went batshit nuts.

Adjective

(slang, vulgar) extremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy. : Don't take any courses from that professor. She's completely batshit.

Synonyms

batcrap batpoop See also thesaurus:insane.

Related terms

apeshit bat batty go batshit shit

Translations

Dutch: knotsgek Finnish: sekaisin kuin seinäkello French: cintré, cinglé, zoné, gelé, pété par la gelée German: durchgeknallt Russian: сумасше́дший, {{qualifier, vulgar}} ёбнутый, {{qualifier, vulgar}} ебану́тый, {{qualifier, vulgar}} пиздану́тый

Noun

BATSHIT (uncountable) (vulgar, literally) fecal matter produced by bats (slang, vulgar) nonsense, horseshit; especially when said by or attributed to someone irrational. (slang, vulgar) extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.

Synonyms

guano

Alternative forms

bat shit bat-shit {{qualifier, adjective only}}

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.