"go bonkers" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go bonkers.wav Forms: goes bonkers [present, singular, third-person], going bonkers [participle, present], went bonkers [past], gone bonkers [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> bonkers}} go bonkers (third-person singular simple present goes bonkers, present participle going bonkers, simple past went bonkers, past participle gone bonkers)
  1. (informal) To lose one's sanity. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-go_bonkers-en-verb-StflI3sh
  2. (informal) To have a good time, free from restraint. Tags: informal Synonyms (have fun): cut loose, go bananas, have a blast, have fun, let loose
    Sense id: en-go_bonkers-en-verb-D9gGWfV9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'have fun': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (go insane): go nuts, lose one's marbles
Disambiguation of 'go insane': 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "go insane",
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      "sense": "have fun",
      "word": "cut loose"
    },
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      "sense": "have fun",
      "word": "go bananas"
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      "word": "have a blast"
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