3bat noun
plural bats [count] 1 : an animal that has wings and a furry body like a mouse 2 informal : an unpleasant old woman
▪ Don't take any notice of that old bat!
▪ Don't take any notice of that old bat!
bats in the/your belfry — see belfry
(as) blind as a bat — see 1blind
like a bat out of hell
informal : very quickly
▪ He ran out of the house like a bat out of hell.
▪ He ran out of the house like a bat out of hell.
— compare 1bat
