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bananas

[ buh-nan-uhz ]

adjective

Slang.
  1. crazy; deranged:

    All that chatter is driving me bananas.

  2. wildly enthusiastic:

    The crowd went bananas when the music began.



bananas

/ bəˈnɑːnəz /

adjective

  1. slang.
    crazy (esp in the phrase go bananas )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bananas1

1965–70, Americanism; banana, -s 3
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Example Sentences

Produce like strawberries, avocados and bananas are especially susceptible to price hikes, Cornell said.

From Salon

He’s got too much on his mind to allow this monkey to really go bananas, and his indecision makes the movie’s nihilistic viewpoint feel all the more hollow and forced.

From Salon

The company encouraged customers who had purchased the bowls, which include berries, bananas, granola and dried coconut, to throw them out or return them.

They would identify the smell of bananas, garlic, licorice, fish and so on, while the researchers took recordings of the activity of individual neurons in their piriform cortex and medial temporal lobe.

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He said the sale of his "masterpiece" bananas would enable Sonning's residents to get a "new church roof".

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