# batshit

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbæt.ʃɪt/ · frequency rank #48,080

## Definitions
1. Fecal matter produced by bats.
2. Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.

## Etymology
Presumably from batty (“crazy”), itself from earlier have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Possibly influenced by or derived from apeshit, particularly in phrase go apeshit.

## Easily confused with
- **Bashir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashir-vs-batshit)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abtshit`, `basthit`, `bathsit`, `batshhit`, `batshitt`, `batshti`, `batsiht`, `batsshit`, `battshit`, `bbatshit`, `btashit`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/batshit