go berserk
To enter a wild and uncontrollable stateTo enter a wild and uncontrollable state.
» Tom went berserk.
Tom ist völlig durchgedreht. — wolfgangth
Том рехнулся. — shanghainese
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1 senses(idiomatic, informal)To enter a wild and uncontrollable state.
If someone sneaks my lunch again, I'm actually going to go berserk.
The fans immediately went berserk as the singer walked onstage.
Examples
9 sentencesTom went berserk.
ruТом рехнулся. — shanghainese
deTom ist völlig durchgedreht. — wolfgangth
He went berserk when he heard that.
The crowd went berserk when the band started playing.
A critically wounded elephant went berserk and attacked every living thing in his path.
deEin ernsthaft verwundeter Elefant drehte durch und attackierte alles, was ihm im Weg stand. — Sudajaengi
The crowd went berserk.
ruТолпа обезумела. — marafon
Forms
goes berserk, going berserk, went berserk, gone berserk| Base form | go berserk · to go berserk |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | goes berserk |
| Present participle | going berserk |
| Past simple | went berserk |
| Past participle | gone berserk |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
20 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.