Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)To lose one's sanity.

    We all knew he'd gone bonkers after he started speaking only gibberish.

  2. (informal)To have a good time, free from restraint.

    Everyone should just go bonkers at my next birthday party.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Tom went bonkers.

    Том збожеволів. — deniko

    ruТом свихнулся. — Selena777

    deTom drehte durch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Ziri went absolutely bonkers when he saw that surfing board.

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  3. The dogs went absolutely bonkers.

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  4. He went bonkers.

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  5. She went bonkers.

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Forms

goes bonkers, going bonkers, went bonkers, gone bonkers
Base formgo bonkers · to go bonkers
3rd person singulargoes bonkers
Present participlegoing bonkers
Past simplewent bonkers
Past participlegone bonkers

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygo bonkers
he, she, itgoes bonkers

Past simpleLesson

all personswent bonkers

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gone bonkers
he, she, ithas gone bonkers

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill go bonkers

Synonyms

7 synonyms
have fun:cut loosego bananashave funlet loosehave a blast
go insane:go nutslose one's marbles

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gnugoA1goagoadgoalA1
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