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adjective
- 1. mad; crazy: informal British "you're stark raving bonkers!"
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How to use bonkers in a sentence. very fond, enthusiastic, or excited; very angry, annoyed, or bothered; surprisingly or shockingly excessive or outrageous… See the full definition
adjective [ after verb ] informal humorous uk / ˈbɒŋ.kəz / us / ˈbɑːŋ.kɚz / Add to word list. silly or stupid: She must be bonkers to do that. Synonyms. barmy mainly UK informal. batty informal disapproving. cracked (MENTAL HEALTH) informal. crackers UK informal. daft UK informal. dotty UK informal. kooky mainly US informal. loco mainly US slang.
If a person suddenly starts acting strange, wild, or bizarre, they can be said to be going bonkers or that they went bonkers. Perhaps due to how silly the word sounds, bonkers is used in the names of a variety of businesses that specialize in children’s entertainment.
adjective [ after verb ] informal humorous us / ˈbɑːŋ.kɚz / uk / ˈbɒŋ.kəz / Add to word list. silly or stupid: She must be bonkers to do that. Synonyms. barmy mainly UK informal. batty informal disapproving. cracked (MENTAL HEALTH) informal. crackers UK informal. daft UK informal. dotty UK informal. kooky mainly US informal. loco mainly US slang.
If you say that someone is bonkers, you mean that they are silly or act in a crazy way. [ British , informal , disapproval ] The man must be bonkers to take such a risk.
(informal) completely crazy. See bonkers in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: bonkers. Definition of bonkers adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky. insane. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement. Cite this entry.
Define bonkers. bonkers synonyms, bonkers pronunciation, bonkers translation, English dictionary definition of bonkers. adj. Informal Crazy: "When word spread that free gas was to be found, the populace, as expected, went bonkers" .
BONKERS definition: crazy. Learn more.
adjective. Crazy, enraged, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (informal) Irrational, crazy. Wiktionary. Synonyms: whacky. around-the-bend. round-the-bend. loopy. kookie. kooky. haywire. barmy. balmy. nuts. wacky. loco. fruity. buggy. batty. Origin of Bonkers. Origin unknown.
