Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go snake

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables: go s-nake
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To act in an erratic or unrestrained manner.

Canadian usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"Industry watchers note that high prices and record revenues likely mean the sector is headed for strong profits, despite its challenges. / “Prices have gone snake. If you think about it, the tariffs have been a constant over the whole thing. […]” observed James Beck, a forestry professor at the University of Alberta."
"“On the road, refs are going to make their calls; I know that,” Hillis said Friday. “I'm a big boy, I've been on the road before. But there were two really hard fouls (on Wright and Matt Cherkas) . . . and I finally went snake.[”]"
"A few days after I got home from the ER, my mother called to yell at me. Since it turned out I wasn't dying, I hadn't told her of my medical adventure. I didn't want to worry her. Big mistake. A family member ratted me out and my little, white-haired mother went snake on me."

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

go crazy go postal Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise. blow a fuse blow a gasket blow one's stack blow one's top crash out cut up nasty cut up rough do one's block do one's nut

Questions

What does go snake mean?: To act in an erratic or unrestrained manner.
Where does go snake come from?: Of uncertain origin.

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