bonkers
bonkers
Definition
bonk·ers (bäŋ′kərz)
adjective
Slang crazy; mad
Etymology: prob. < Brit bonk, obs. military slang, “to bomb,” echoic
bonkers
Usage Examples
Preposition: over
- spark: Believe it or not, men too go bonkers over these sparks.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- go: I feel like I'm going a bit bonkers to be honest!
- sound: She does sound a little bit bonkers, finding it too hard to look at zoo animals - how sweet.
Modifies a noun
- idea: I am also doing this as I have realized SO many people have bonkers ideas about food.
- point: That is, until the inevitable nutjob wades in with a completely unrelated and bonkers point about the Taleban.
- bit: Not sure about the Guru bit, but I'll hold my hands up the bonkers bit.
- story: Conkers bonkers stories make me angry and this trivializes what HSE is about.
- set: The line-up for tonight's oldskool was outstanding especially as Sharkey was to play a classic bonkers set.
Used with adjective complement
- go: Go bonkers in prayer, refresh your head with the Bible, grab some support from God's family - your church.
- sound: I'll let you know... Wavid 19th Aug 2004, 11:32:D Col, this sounds completely bonkers!
- stare: To be truthful, people thought that Cameron and I were stark staring bonkers.
- seem: The Aetherius Society, who seem so completely bonkers that TAC must return to them anon.
Infinitive complement
- refuse: As a country, we would have to be absolutely bonkers to refuse these people the opportunity to work here.
Modifying Another Word
- raving: Still, despite all appearances to the contrary, you are inclined to think that Steve Feltham is surely stark raving bonkers.
- utterly: I went utterly, utterly, utterly, utterly, utterly, utterly, utterly, utterly, utterly, utterly bonkers.
- completely: I agree with you, the idea is completely bonkers.
- absolutely: On the road from BEIJING to PARIS Some people are just a bit crazy, whilst others are absolutely bonkers.
- totally: The roads may be better but the driving is still totally bonkers.
- slightly: Cinerama's slightly bonkers cover of the Smiths ' London Anything by Future Sound Of London, or indeed Julie London.
bonkers Quotes
If the British public falls for this, I say that it will be stark, staring bonkers.
