dotty — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • UK usage
   • Colloquial

   Examples

   My nan has got dottier and dottier since passing the age of eighty.

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   Knockers in this part of the world seem intended for ornament only, — nobody seems to pay any attention to them when they’re used. The old lady upstairs must be either deaf or dotty.

   "Good God! I don't want another accident here. I should go dotty if I had to face all that again."

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   Mr. Fox stopped digging and stared at Badger as though he had gone completely dotty. "My dear old furry frump," he said, "do you know anyone in the whole world who wouldn't swipe a few chickens if their children were starving to death?"

   JILL: Horses? ... You're really dotty, aren't you? ... What do you mean?

2. Having an unsteady gait.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Dated

Adjective

1. Having many dots.

   Examples

   Look at the dotty pattern on that cheetah's fur.

Noun

1. A shotgun.

   Usage

   • Multicultural-London-English

   Examples

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   Never bummy but I'm scummy fam, I used to burgle houses Then some OGs was consignin me them ounces Wet man round me had me feeling like I’m drownin Fam we really went there with a brownin Me and next man really went there with a dotty 05 murder squad nicked me for a [censored]

   They dont know what I’ve been through Red dot on his head like a hindu Scrams, Face just stack for the Wesson Ca’ be the gunplay that we’re into It’s like them man chill with the singer Two dot dots there in the dinger Yard man’s got a dotty in the rave But he’s still tryna do the La Linga We’ve had guns and shanks without awareness We’ve had guns and shanks we’re so fearless

   Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody Hold that properly when I bang that dotty I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby

   I’m out here from the night till dawn The dotty’s out but I like it sawn

Adjective

1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

   Synonyms

   balmybarmybatsbattybonkersbuggycrackedcrackersdaftfruityhaywirekookykookielocoloonyloopynutsnuttyround the bendaround the bendwackywhacky

   Examples

   it used to drive my husband balmy

2. intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with

   Synonyms

   crazywildgaga

   Examples

   crazy about cars and racing

   they are dotty about each other

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   gaga over the rock group's new album