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bon·kers

(bŏng′kərz)

adj. Informal

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

[Origin unknown.]

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bonkers

(ˈbɒŋkəz)

adj

slang chiefly Brit mad; crazy

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

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bon•kers

(ˈbɒŋ kərz)

adj. Slang.

mentally unbalanced.

[1945–50]

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Adj.

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, 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"

bonkers

adjective

Informal. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.

Informal: cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.

Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.

Chiefly British: crackers.

Law: non compos mentis.

Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

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bonkers

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bonkers

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bonkers

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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