Meanings
present singular third person flips one's wig · participle present flipping one's wig · participle past flipped one's wig · past flipped one's wig
- idiomaticinformalTo become very angry.
Synonyms: blow one's wig, flip one's lid, flip out, lose one's temper, blow one's top, blow a gasket
- idiomaticinformalTo act in an irrational manner or appear to be temporarily insane.
You've flipped your wig!
1959, Billy Wilder, Some Like It Hot, spoken by Joe (Tony Curtis)Synonyms: go bananas, go nuts, go ape, go off the deep end
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo become very angry.
verbTo act in an irrational manner or appear to be temporarily insane.
More synonyms by meaning
verbget very angry and fly into a rage
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A variation of flip one's lid.
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