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bati

bati is the alternative form of batty.

Meaning of batty

Noun

batty (plural batties)

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, West Indian slang) The buttocks or anus.
    • He kick the boy down and beat the boy back and batty and leg.2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 35
  2. (Canada, Jamaica, UK, derogatory) A homosexual man.
    • For example, recent Jamaican 'raga' lyrics by Buju Banton and Brand Nubian attach the affirmation of black identity to crude animosity towards homosexuality and contain offensive language against the 'batties' as icons of non-blackness.1996, Rudi Bleys, The geography of perversion

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Proper noun (1) capitalized: Bati

Bati

  1. A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Bati

Bati

  1. An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia

Forms of bati

pluralbatis

Questions about bati

What does bati mean?
Bati means a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.
What is bati the alternative form of?
Bati is the alternative form of batty.
What part of speech is bati?
Bati is a proper noun.

Words near bati in the dictionary

  1. bathythermograph
  2. bathythermographs
  3. bathytype
  4. bathytypes
  5. Bathé
  6. bati
  7. Batican
  8. Baticola
  9. batida
  10. batidas
  11. batido

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