"go ape" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-go ape.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes ape [present, singular, third-person], going ape [participle, present], went ape [past], gone ape [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> ape}} go ape (third-person singular simple present goes ape, present participle going ape, simple past went ape, past participle gone ape)
  1. (slang) To become wildly excited or enthusiastic. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-go_ape-en-verb-eBtzAVKg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 84 16
  2. (slang) To become very angry. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms: go apeshit [vulgar], go bananas
    Sense id: en-go_ape-en-verb-Lwq93sIA Disambiguation of Anger: 40 60

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for go ape meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)

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