flipping out
Going completely berserk
Flipping out is losing emotional control—whether from anger, excitement, fear, or shock.
The phrase suggests a sudden, dramatic shift from composure to intensity: She flipped out when she saw the surprise party.
It can describe genuine distress or enthusiastic overreaction: My mom is going to flip out when she hears this.
- losing itMental composure collapsing
- freaking outLosing emotional control suddenly
- freak-outEpisode of losing control
- going ballisticBecoming extremely angry suddenly
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
tantrum · having a fit · rage · snapping · flying off the handle · apoplectic · breakdown · off the deep end · hysteria · berserk · conniption · unhinged · coming unglued · histrionics · blowing a fuse · going crazy · losing the plot · fury
- extreme reactionsfreakout, meltdown, hysteria, panic, outrage
- slang behaviorsgoofing off, messing around, fooling around, horsing around, slacking
- meltdownsnuclear meltdown, reactor meltdown, meltdown, freak out, losing it
flipping outkeeping cool
keeping one's cool · chilling out · keeping it together · mellowing out · calming down
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