batfaced
batfaced adjective: whose face resembles that of a bat (the flying mammal).
Adjective
batfaced (comparative more batfaced, superlative most batfaced)
- Whose face resembles that of a bat (the flying mammal).
- He ducked back down the alley / With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl / All along along / There were incidents and accidents / There were hints and allegations...1986, Paul Simon, You Can Call Me Al (song lyrics)
- ...in their rumpled jackets they're somber but not wistful; they're too full of themselves for that, batfaced, slightly astonished but also sleepy like us...1995, Blue Collar Press, The Sow's Ear, volumes 5-6
Examples of batfaced in a sentence
- Even though the legend's tide seems to put the vicious batfaced monster in the limelight, it is evident that the thematic focus in this story is the struggle between good and evil.2000, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Mario Roberto Morales, Cuentos y leyendas:
- Bon, he said, who had Pam on his arm, was "batfaced."2001, Clinton Walker, Highway to Hell: The Life and Times of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott:
Forms of batfaced
| comparative | more batfaced |
|---|---|
| superlative | most batfaced |
Origin of batfaced
From bat + faced.
Questions about batfaced
- What does batfaced mean?
- Batfaced means whose face resembles that of a bat (the flying mammal).
- How do you use batfaced in a sentence?
- Even though the legend's tide seems to put the vicious batfaced monster in the limelight, it is evident that the thematic focus in this story is the struggle between good and evil.
- What part of speech is batfaced?
- Batfaced is an adjective.
Words near batfaced in the dictionary
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