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batties

batties is the plural 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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Questions about batties

What is batties the plural of?
Batties is the plural of batty.

Words near batties in the dictionary

  1. Battey
  2. Batteys
  3. Batticaloa
  4. batticon
  5. battier
  6. batties
  7. battiest
  8. battik
  9. battiked
  10. battiking
  11. battiks

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