"go batshit" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-go batshit.ogg Forms: goes batshit [present, singular, third-person], going batshit [participle, present], went batshit [past], gone batshit [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> batshit}} go batshit (third-person singular simple present goes batshit, present participle going batshit, simple past went batshit, past participle gone batshit)
  1. (idiomatic, slang) To become completely irrational; to react in an irrationally extreme manner. Tags: idiomatic, slang Related terms: go apeshit, go ballistic, go off, go postal, flip out
    Sense id: en-go_batshit-en-verb-t1HY~OWv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "went batshit",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "gone batshit",
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      },
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        "To become completely irrational; to react in an irrationally extreme manner."
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        "(idiomatic, slang) To become completely irrational; to react in an irrationally extreme manner."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "go apeshit"
        },
        {
          "word": "go ballistic"
        },
        {
          "word": "go off"
        },
        {
          "word": "go postal"
        },
        {
          "word": "flip out"
        }
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
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    },
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To become completely irrational; to react in an irrationally extreme manner."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, slang) To become completely irrational; to react in an irrationally extreme manner."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
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