Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go bananas

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: go bananas
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To get angry; to go mad.

Informal

verb

To become silly or excited; to go crazy.

Informal

Example Sentences

"I just told her she couldn’t have any pudding until after dinner, and she went bananas!"
"The music was going bananas with immensity at this point."
"As my colleague Glenn MacDonald, an economics professor at Washington University in St. Louis, told me when I asked him if all these tech companies had gone bananas, “It all depends on how you think about risk aversion.”"

Etymology

From bananas (“crazy”).

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

goes bananas (present, singular) going bananas (participle, present) went bananas (past) gone bananas (participle, past)

Synonyms

go ape go nuts

Questions

What does go bananas mean?: To get angry; to go mad.
Where does go bananas come from?: From bananas (“crazy”).

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