bonkers

bon·kers  (bngkrz)

adj. Informal

Crazy: "When word spread that free gas was to be found, the populace, as expected, went bonkers" (Washington Post).

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bonkers [ˈbɒŋkəz]

adj

Slang chiefly Brit mad; crazy

[C20 (originally in the sense: slightly drunk, tipsy): of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

bonkers - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" bats, batty, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, around the bend, balmy, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, barmy, loopy, fruity, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

Translations

bonkers [ˈbɒŋkəz] ADJ (esp Brit) to be bonkers → estar chalado, estar como una cabra
to go bonkers → perder la chaveta

bonkers [ˈbɒŋkə^rz] adj (British) → cinglé(e), dingue

bonkers

adj (esp Brit inf) → meschugge (inf); to be bonkers → spinnen (inf); to go bonkers → überschnappen (inf); he’s bonkers about her → er ist völlig verrückt nach ihr (inf)

bonkers [ˈbɒŋkəz] adj (Brit) (fam) to be bonkers → essere suonato/a
to go bonkers → diventare matto/a