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He always goes gaga over his favourite bands newest album.
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gaga — adj. 1. mentally or physically infirm with age. Syn: doddering, senile. [WordNet 1.5] 2. marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; as, gaga over his girlfriend. Syn: crazy about, dotty, enamored, infatuated, in love, smitten, soft on(predicate) … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gaga — /ˈgaga / (say gahgah) Colloquial –adjective 1. mad; fatuously eccentric. 2. senile. 3. besotted: he is gaga about his new car. –phrase 4. go gaga over, to be wildly excited or enthused about. {French: senile, a senile person (probably imitative) …
gaga — [[t]gɑ͟ːgɑː[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ If you say that someone is gaga, you mean that they cannot think clearly any more, especially because they are old. [INFORMAL] I do it because if you don t keep your brain working you go gaga. Syn: dotty … English dictionary
gaga — /gah gah /, adj. Informal. 1. excessively and foolishly enthusiastic: The public went gaga over the new fashions. 2. ardently fond; infatuated: He s gaga over the new girl in class. 3. demented; crazy; dotty. Also, ga ga. [1915 20; < F; imit.] *… … Universalium
gaga — adv. (colloq.) enthusiastic to go gaga over smt. * * * [ gɑːgɑː] [ enthusiastic ] (colloq.) to go gaga over smt … Combinatory dictionary
gaga — (GAH gah) [French] A slang adjective meaning childish, silly, or nutty, often applied to older people in their dotage. To be gaga over something or someone is to be infatuated with or crazy about the object of attention. Everyone in… … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
gaga — adjective (not before noun) informal 1 an insulting word used to describe someone who is confused because they are old: Sid keeps forgetting my name. I think he s going a bit gaga. 2 having a strong but often temporary feeling of love for… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
gaga — Synonyms and related words: ape about, apish, asinine, balmy, bananas, barmy, bats, batty, beany, befooled, beguiled, besotted, bonkers, brainless, buffoonish, buggy, bughouse, bugs, bugs on, cockeyed, cracked on, crackers, crazy, crazy about,… … Moby Thesaurus
gaga — ga|ga [ ga,ga ] adjective INFORMAL 1. ) not thinking clearly because you have very strong feelings of love for someone or because you are very enthusiastic or excited about something: Teenage girls have gone gaga over the band s lead singer. 2. ) … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gaga — adj senile, crazy, besotted. The word has come into world English from French, via upper class or educated British English of the 1920s. In French it was probably originally a nursery word, influenced by grand pere (grandfather) and gateux… … Contemporary slang
