go nuts

verb

To become mad.

“"Can we play in the garden?" "Sure, go nuts."”

Meanings

verbgo nuts (third-person singular simple present goes nuts, present participle going nuts, simple past went nuts, past participle gone nuts)

present singular third person goes nuts · participle present going nuts · past went nuts · participle past gone nuts

  1. informalTo become mad.

    Yeah, I sometimes go nuts when people try and write on my stuff.

    Synonyms: do one's nut, go crazy, go mad, freak out

  2. imperativeinformalGo ahead; feel free.

    "Can we play in the garden?" "Sure, go nuts."

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo become mad.

in the imperative

Translations

Arabic أَصْبَحَ مَجْنُونًا
  • أَصْبَحَ مَجْنُونًا (ʔaṣbaḥa majnūnan)to become mad
Catalan embogir
  • embogirto become mad
Chinese Mandarin 發瘋 /发疯, 發狂 /发狂
  • 發瘋 /发疯 (fāfēng)to become mad
  • 發狂 /发狂 (fākuáng)to become mad
  • 來吧 /来吧 (lái ba)go ahead
  • 請便 /请便 (qǐngbiàn)go ahead
  • 可以 (kěyǐ)go ahead
Czech bláznit se, zbláznit se
  • bláznit seto become mad
  • zbláznit seto become mad
  • šíletto become mad
  • zešíletto become mad
Esperanto freneziĝi
  • freneziĝito become mad
Estonian hulluks minema
  • hulluks minemato become mad
Finnish tulla hulluksi, antaa mennä
  • tulla hulluksito become mad
  • antaa mennägo ahead
French devenir chèvre, devenir fou
  • devenir chèvreto become mad
  • devenir fouto become mad
  • péter un câbleto become mad
  • péter un plombto become mad
  • péter les plombsto become mad
  • allez-ygo ahead
  • vas-ygo ahead
German verrückt werden, durchdrehen
  • verrückt werdento become mad
  • durchdrehento become mad
  • leg losgo ahead
Greek τρελαίνομαι
  • τρελαίνομαι (trelaínomai)to become mad
Hebrew הִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ
  • הִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ (hishtagéa)to become mad
Hungarian megőrül, beleőrül
  • megőrülto become mad
  • beleőrülto become mad
Icelandic sturlast
  • sturlastto become mad
Italian impazzire
  • impazzireto become mad
Japanese 狂う, 気が狂う
  • 狂う (kuruu)to become mad
  • 気が狂う (ki ga kuruu)to become mad
Korean 미쳐지다
  • 미쳐지다 (micheojida)to become mad
Māori whakarorirori
  • whakarorirorito become mad
Polish wariować, zwariować
  • wariowaćto become mad
  • zwariowaćto become mad
  • szalećto become mad
  • oszalećto become mad
  • śmiałogo ahead
  • baw się dobrzego ahead
  • bawcie się dobrzego ahead
Portuguese enlouquecer, ir em frente
  • enlouquecerto become mad
  • ir em frentego ahead
Romanian înnebuni
  • înnebunito become mad
Russian сходи́ть с ума́, сойти́ с ума́
  • сходи́ть с ума́ (sxodítʹ s umá)to become mad
  • сойти́ с ума́ (sojtí s umá)to become mad
  • лиша́ться рассу́дка (lišátʹsja rassúdka)to become mad
  • лиши́ться рассу́дка (lišítʹsja rassúdka)to become mad
  • обезу́меть (obezúmetʹ)to become mad
  • чо́кнуться (čóknutʹsja)to become mad
  • свихну́ться (svixnútʹsja)to become mad
  • тро́нуться (trónutʹsja)to become mad
  • спя́тить (spjátitʹ)to become mad
  • ошале́ть (ošalétʹ)to become mad
  • ополоу́меть (opoloúmetʹ)to become mad
  • одуре́ть (odurétʹ)to become mad
Slovak blázniť sa, zblázniť sa
  • blázniť sato become mad
  • zblázniť sato become mad
  • šalieťto become mad
  • zošalieťto become mad
Spanish enloquecerse, enloquecer
  • enloquecerseto become mad
  • enloquecerto become mad
  • trastornarseto become mad
  • volverse locoto become mad
  • ¡dale!go ahead
Swedish bli galen, kör på
  • bli galento become mad
  • kör pågo ahead
Turkish kudurmak, kafayı yemek
  • kudurmakto become mad
  • kafayı yemekto become mad
  • çıldırmakto become mad
  • delirmekto become mad
  • aklını yitirmekto become mad
  • kulumakto become mad
Ukrainian божево́літи, збожево́літи
  • божево́літи (boževólity)to become mad
  • збожево́літи (zboževólity)to become mad
  • з'ї́хати з глу́зду (zʺjíxaty z hlúzdu)to become mad
  • здурі́ти (zduríty)to become mad
  • ошалі́ти (ošalíty)to become mad
Vietnamese phát điên
  • phát điênto become mad
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