"blow a gasket" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: blows a gasket [present, singular, third-person], blowing a gasket [participle, present], blew a gasket [past], blown a gasket [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|blow<,,blew,blown> a gasket}} blow a gasket (third-person singular simple present blows a gasket, present participle blowing a gasket, simple past blew a gasket, past participle blown a gasket)
  1. (informal) To become very angry or upset. Tags: informal Translations (to become very angry or upset): polttaa päreensä (Finnish), péter un cable (French), péter une durite (French), spréach (Irish), téigh ar mire (Irish), téigh ar an daoraí (Irish)
    Sense id: en-blow_a_gasket-en-verb-Y4HIzsoH Disambiguation of 'to become very angry or upset': 98 2
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, gasket. To cause the seal made by a gasket to fail. Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms: blow a fuse, flip one's lid, fly off the handle, have a cow
    Sense id: en-blow_a_gasket-en-verb-3nDJGVXt Disambiguation of Anger: 13 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English predicates: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 85

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