English

Verb

Batmobile ‎(third-person singular simple present Batmobiles, present participle Batmobiling, simple past and past participle Batmobiled)

1. Alternative form of batmobile

English

Alternative forms

• Batmobile

Verb

batmobile ‎(third-person singular simple present batmobiles, present participle batmobiling, simple past and past participle batmobiled)

1. (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
   • 2001 June 8, Hernandez, Raoul, “Uncle Blubbafink”, in Austin Chronicle, ISSN 1074-0740:

     As its narrator dulcets his best Boris Karloff -- Frank interpreted as Jimmy Durante voiced by Buddy Hackett -- this two-and-a-half minute "work in progress" roars to life with its star Batmobiling it down to the danceteria on a twangy crest of Shadowy Men From a Shadowy Planet surftones.

2. (slang) To put up an emotional or intellectual shield, especially to protect oneself from something that makes one uncomfortable.
   • 1999 August 6, Bradshaw, Peter, “Sex in the windy city”, in The Guardian, ISSN 0261-3077:

     Meredith (Gillian Anderson) is a frosty, uptight theatre director being romanced by an architect (John Stewart), but she is, as we say in the 90s, batmobiling - her defences are up.

References

• Branwyn, Gareth (July 1995), “Jargon Watch”, in Wired, volume 3, issue 7, ISSN 1059-1028