"gaga" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gaga.wav Forms: more gaga [comparative], most gaga [superlative]
Etymology: From French gaga. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|gaga}} French gaga Head templates: {{en-adj}} gaga (comparative more gaga, superlative most gaga)
  1. (informal) Mentally senile. Tags: informal Translations (senile): изкуфял (izkufjal) (Bulgarian), 老糊涂 (lǎohútú) (Chinese Mandarin), senilní (Czech), pöpi (Finnish), vanhuudenhöperö (Finnish), hullu (Finnish), gaga (French), neuneu (French), zinzin (French), gâteux (French), მოხუცი (moxuci) (Georgian), senil (German), tüdelig (German), gagá (Portuguese), caduco (Portuguese), ста́рческий (stárčeskij) (Russian), дря́хлый (drjáxlyj) (Russian), сени́льный (senílʹnyj) (Russian), gc-gc (Spanish), cucú (Spanish), gaggig (Swedish)
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  2. (informal) Crazy. Tags: informal Translations (crazy): boig [masculine] (Catalan), 狂热的 (Chinese Mandarin), 疯疯癫癫的 (Chinese Mandarin), pöpi (Finnish), hullu (Finnish), gaga (French), neuneu (French), zinzin (French), გიჟი (giži) (Georgian), ჭკუაზე შეშლილი (č̣ḳuaze šešlili) (Georgian), verrückt (German), bekloppt (German), plemplem (German), gaga (German), buang (Hiligaynon), pazzo [masculine] (Italian), insanus [masculine] (Latin), gal (Norwegian), pirado (Portuguese), biruta (Portuguese), lelé (Portuguese), tantã (Portuguese), abilolado [masculine] (Portuguese), слабоу́мный (slaboúmnyj) (Russian), вы́живший из ума́ (výživšij iz umá) (Russian), сумасше́дший (sumasšédšij) (Russian), чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) (Russian), спя́тивший (spjátivšij) (Russian), шизану́тый (šizanútyj) (Russian), рехну́вшийся (rexnúvšijsja) (Russian), loco (Spanish), pirado (Spanish), trastornado (Spanish), baliw (Tagalog)
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  3. (informal) Infatuated. Tags: informal Translations (infatuated): 狂热的 (Chinese Mandarin), poblázněný (Czech), zblázněný (Czech), hullu (Finnish), gaga (French), მოხიბლული (moxibluli) (Georgian), გაგიჟებული (gagižebuli) (Georgian), verknallt (German), очаро́ванный (očaróvannyj) (Russian), обалде́вший (obaldévšij) [colloquial] (Russian), enamorado (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: go gaga over
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gaga.wav
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gaga (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: ga-ga (extra: game resembling dodgeball)
    Sense id: en-gaga-en-noun-eKsirbiI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 3 26 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "crazy",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "č̣ḳuaze šešlili",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "crazy",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "crazy",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "crazy",
      "word": "biruta"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "crazy",
      "word": "lelé"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "crazy",
      "word": "tantã"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "crazy",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "spjátivšij",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "rexnúvšijsja",
      "sense": "crazy",
      "word": "рехну́вшийся"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "loco"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "crazy",
      "word": "pirado"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "crazy",
      "word": "trastornado"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "hullu"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "infatuated",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moxibluli",
      "sense": "infatuated",
      "word": "მოხიბლული"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "gagižebuli",
      "sense": "infatuated",
      "word": "გაგიჟებული"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "infatuated",
      "word": "verknallt"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "obaldévšij",
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      "word": "обалде́вший"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "infatuated",
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