Meanings
- idiomaticExtremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.
He was hopping mad when he came home and discovered that she had bought a new car without consulting him.
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"And you hit him? dear old Father Bhaer?" […] "I was hopping mad at the time, and thought I shouldn't mind a bit, rather like it perhaps. But when I'd hit uncle one good crack […] I couldn't go on. […] I felt so mean."
1871, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 4, in Little Men: […], Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLCDora wouldn't help me make pies 'cause she was afraid of messing her clo'es and that made me hopping mad.
1909 September, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Marilla Adopts Twins”, in Anne of Avonlea, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, →OCLC, page 84The biggest press news in Washington last week was that the "White House gang" — the little group of reporters whose beat is covering the President — was hopping mad at Franklin Roosevelt. Most of them felt that the President had played them for suckers and they were no happier when other newsmen rubbed it in.
1941 September 15, “The Press: End of a White House Friendship”, in Time, retrieved 05 Dec 2018Rhonda L. Gaynier, a New York lawyer, is hopping mad because, she says, getting on an airplane these days means being groped by a stranger.
2004 November 2, Joe Sharkey, “When a Pat-Down Seems Like Groping”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Dec 2018
Synonyms & antonyms
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