adj
Meaning 1
Mad; crazy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, especially, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bonkers
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɒŋkəz/
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General-American: /ˈbɑŋkɚz/
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rhymes with -ɒŋkə(ɹ)z
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CMU ARPABET: B AA1 NG K ER0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of bonker
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it used to drive my husband balmy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from bonk (a blow or punch on the head, compare whacky); perhaps related to earlier bonce.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: foll — mad, crazy
- Catalan: boig — mad, crazy
- Catalan: orat — mad, crazy
- Catalan: enfollit — mad, crazy
- Catalan: embogit — mad, crazy
- Catalan: forassenyat — mad, crazy
- Czech: praštěný — mad, crazy
- Czech: střelený — mad, crazy
- Dutch: gek — mad, crazy
- Dutch: zot — mad, crazy
- Finnish: hullu — mad, crazy
- French: fou — mad, crazy
- French: délirant — mad, crazy
- French: irrationnel — mad, crazy
- French: zinzin — mad, crazy
- French: chtarbé — mad, crazy
- German: bekloppt — mad, crazy
- German: bescheuert — mad, crazy
- German: durchgeknallt — mad, crazy
- German: plemplem — mad, crazy
- German: malle — mad, crazy
- Indonesian: gila — mad, crazy
- Italian: rincoglionito — mad, crazy
- Italian: barbogio — mad, crazy
- Macedonian: чу́кнат (čúknat) — mad, crazy
- Macedonian: ше́кнат (šéknat) — mad, crazy
- Macedonian: а́кнат (áknat) — mad, crazy
- Portuguese: maluco — mad, crazy
- Portuguese: doido — mad, crazy
- Portuguese: pirado — mad, crazy
- Russian: чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) — mad, crazy
- Russian: поме́шанный (poméšannyj) — mad, crazy
- Russian: спя́тивший (spjátivšij) — mad, crazy
- Spanish: majara — mad, crazy
- Spanish: chiflado — mad, crazy
- Spanish: majareta — mad, crazy
- Spanish: loco — mad, crazy
- Swedish: knäpp — mad, crazy
- Ottoman Turkish: دلی (deli) — mad, crazy
- Ottoman Turkish: مجنون (mecnun) — mad, crazy