batchy adjective 2noun 3forms 1 adjective2 •(UK, slang) Of unsound mind, crazy; lacking good sense or judgment, silly.It’s batchy to get married at eighteen. — 1962 •(slang, no longer used) Experiencing a loss of courage and self-control.“Does that mean we have to go out in those small boats?” he asked of Sherwood […]. “Nothing less! But buck up, old man, and don’t go batchy, as these whalers call it!” — 1925 noun3 •(slang, old-fashioned) An unmarried man, a bachelor; a roommate who is a fellow bachelor.For the batchies, Dr. Gieseler was on the firing line, but he weakened toward the end, after having his opponents at his mercy, and let the married men clout the ball all over the lot. — 1912 •(slang) An apartment consisting mainly of one large room which is the living room, dining room, and bedroom combined.Well, they argue until in the end Brackley find himself holding on to Teena suitcase and they on the way to the little batchy he have in Golders Green at the time. — 1957 •(slang, no longer used) A baker. formsbatchies
