blow a gasket
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To become very angry or upsetTo become very angry or upset.
Meaning
2 senses(informal)To become very angry or upset.
Jack blew a gasket when he saw his son's poor report card.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, gasket. To cause the seal made by a gasket to fail.
Examples
3 sentencesI blew a gasket.
deIch hatte einen Wutanfall. — Yorwba
Don't blow a gasket.
Tom's car blew a gasket.
Translations
1 languagesForms
blows a gasket, blowing a gasket, blew a gasket, blown a gasket| Base form | blow a gasket · to blow a gasket |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | blows a gasket |
| Present participle | blowing a gasket |
| Past simple | blew a gasket |
| Past participle | blown a gasket |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.