gaga

UK /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/ US /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/

adj 3noun 1

Definitions

adj

Mentally senile.

The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.

Crazy.

You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.

Should he lose it once and for all, he and Kathleen would need lots of money. Also, he had said to me, you could be gaga in a tenured chair at Princeton, and would anybody notice?

Infatuated.

The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.

noun

Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”).

Collocations

ADJ.

black, national, over, ridiculous

VERB + GAGA

go, going, said, sing

GAGA + NOUN

actor, cd, concert, lang, paparazzi, skura, song

PREP.

in, on, with, with

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with

adjective — mentally or physically infirm with age

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.

Wiktionary

You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.

Wiktionary

Should he lose it once and for all, he and Kathleen would need lots of money. Also, he had said to me, you could be gaga in a tenured chair at Princeton, and would anybody notice?

Wiktionary

Is there anybody who would like to go see a live concert of Lady Gaga with me?

Tatoeba · #391285

Can anybody come with me to a Lady Gaga concert?

Tatoeba · #514695

Last time I went to a Lady Gaga concert, although she finished all her songs, many members of the audience were not satisfied.

Tatoeba · #754941

Usage Notes

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In some senses, gaga is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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