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batt en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Late Middle English in the sense "piece, lump," of uncertain origin, but possibly related to the noun bat with the sense of "beaten" fabric.

Meanings

1. Pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or insulation
2. (Polari, plural-normally) A shoe.
   • As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage. We would zhoosh our riahs, powder our eeks, climb into our bona new drag, don our batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar. 1977, Rictor Norton, quoting Peter Burton, The Gentle Art of Confounding Naffs, quoted in Myth of the Modern Homosexual, Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2016, →ISBN, page 115:

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Translations (4)

fi puru (fabric of fibre used for stuffing) · es guata (fabric of fibre used for stuffing) · fi täyte (fabric of fibre used for stuffing) · fi villa (fabric of fibre used for stuffing)

batt en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang) Clipping of battery.
   alt of battery
   • Kit / rapid charger, leather case, 2 NIMH slim batts, Nicad XT batt, overnite charger, RJ11 land line to cellular conversion interface, more 1996 January 29, Saleen001, “Cell phones for sale below wholesale”, in alt.cellular (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025:
   • I bought a phone batt from them a while ago. 2005 March 21, Paul Jeffree, “Disposal of laptop batteries”, in alt.pcnews (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025:
   • where is cheapest place to buy laptop batt? 2000 June 30, Steve Perry, “cheapest place for laptop bat?”, in england.ads.computer (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025:

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