goes bonkers
Completely flips out
Goes bonkers means to become wildly excited, crazy, or out of control.
Someone goes bonkers with joy at good news, or goes bonkers with rage when provoked.
The phrase can describe temporary loss of composure or a more lasting mental break: The crowd went bonkers when the home team scored.
Also used for things going haywire: My computer went bonkers.
- madUnhinged or enraged
- crazyMentally unhinged
- insaneSeverely mentally disturbed
- frenzyViolent mental agitation
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
loses their mind · hysteria · deranged · jubilant · ecstatic · shouting · euphoric · haywire · unhinged · furious · flies off the handle · screaming · delirious · panicked · psychotic · irrational · agitated · distraught
- losing itloses it, snaps, freaks out, flips out, cracks up
emotional/mental composure
goes bonkerskeeps one's cool
Remains calm despite provocation
keeps it together · chills out · mellows out · relaxes · settles down