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gaga
informal
1. Very excited. I'm positively gaga over the dress I chose for the gala. The kids were gaga over all the toys in the waiting room. They weren't nearly as excited when we were called to see the doctor. I got this awesome new camera for Christmas, and I am just gaga over it!
2. Smitten. Oh, Phil is totally gaga—I can see it whenever he looks at you! I've never seen two teenagers so gaga over each other. I think their relationship will survive the college years. You're gaga over the new boy in school, aren't you? Ooh, you're blushing!
3. Exceedingly strange or bizarre. A: "Leave it to Aunt Louise to say something gaga like that." B: "Yeah, do you have any idea what she meant by it?" You want to start a business selling bees as pets? Well, that's about the most gaga thing I've ever heard. I know some of my students think my methods are gaga, but I prefer to view them as unorthodox.
4. Senile; mentally unsound. Please promise me that you won't stick me in an old folks' home the moment I start going gaga, OK? Look, I might be old, but that doesn't mean I'm gaga yet! I'm still as sharp as a tack! There's a guy on our corner who shouts about the end of the world; I think he's gaga.
go gaga
informal
1. To become excessively excited or enthusiastic (about something). Teenagers around the country have been going gaga for the new pop band from the United Kingdom. Our goal is to create exciting new products that will make our customers go gaga! The kids went gaga over all the toys in the waiting room. They weren't nearly as excited when we were called to see the doctor.
2. To become exceptionally smitten or infatuated (with someone). This article goes over the top five things to make the man in your life go gaga for you! Oh, Phil has gone totally gaga—I can see it whenever he looks at you! You've gone gaga over the new boy in school, haven't you? Ooh, you're blushing!
3. To become senile or mentally unsound. Please promise me that you won't stick me in an old folks' home the moment I start going gaga, OK? Look, I might be old, but that doesn't mean I've gone gaga yet! I'm still as sharp as a tack! I don't know why that guy went gaga, but now he just stands on the corner and shouts about the end of the world all day.
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gaga
(ˈgɑgɑ)1. mod. crazy; eccentric. Sometimes you are so gaga!
2. mod. dazzled. Tom was totally gaga after he got promoted.
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