Dictionary

batshit en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈbæt.ʃɪt/

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.

Meanings

1. (slang, vulgar) Extremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy.
   • Those subpoenas went out today! The front office is gonna go batshit! 2002, David Simon, The Wire:
   • Don't take any courses from that professor. She's completely batshit.
   • And what the fuck are you doing on TV anyhow? You know I get calls from back home every fuckin day, they think you went batshit! 1995, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Casino, spoken by Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci):

Forms

Deriveds

batshitness · batshittery

Relateds

go batshit · batty · bat · apeshit · shit

Synonyms

batcrap · batpoop · crazy

Translations (13)

fi sekaisin kuin seinäkello (insane) · de durchgeknallt (insane) · ru пиздану́тый (insane) · fr cinglé (insane) · de verrückt (insane) · fr gelé (insane) · ru ебану́тый (insane) · nl knotsgek (insane) · fr zoné (insane) · pl szurnięty (insane) · fr pété par la gelée (insane) · fr cintré (insane) · ru сумасше́дший ёбнутый (insane)

batshit en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈbæt.ʃɪt/

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.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, slang) Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or its synonyms.
   • When we heard about it he went batshit nuts.

Forms

batshit en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈbæt.ʃɪt/

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.

Meanings

1. (literally, uncountable, vulgar) Fecal matter produced by bats.
2. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.
   • Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, suggested Cleverly had previously privately referred to the Rwanda plan as “batshit”, a jibe not explicitly denied by Cleverly. 2023 November 15, Rajeev Syal, Peter Walker, Rowena Mason, Ben Quinn, quoting James Cleverly, “Rishi Sunak to bring in emergency law after supreme court’s Rwanda ruling”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Synonyms

guano