adj
Meaning 1
Mentally senile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gaga
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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/ˈɡɑːɡɑː/
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adj
Meaning 2
Crazy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Infatuated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- crazy about cars and racing
- he is potty about her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crazy, wild, dotty
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
mentally or physically infirm with age
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his mother was doddering and frail
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: doddering, doddery, senile
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French gaga.
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изкуфял (izkufjal) — senile
- Chinese Mandarin: 老糊涂 (lǎohútú) — senile
- Czech: senilní — senile
- Finnish: pöpi — senile
- Finnish: vanhuudenhöperö — senile
- Finnish: hullu — senile
- French: gaga — senile
- French: neuneu — senile
- French: zinzin — senile
- French: gâteux — senile
- Georgian: მოხუცი (moxuci) — senile
- German: senil — senile
- German: tüdelig — senile
- Latin: senīlis — senile
- Portuguese: gagá — senile
- Portuguese: caduco — senile
- Russian: ста́рческий (stárčeskij) — senile
- Russian: дря́хлый (drjáxlyj) — senile
- Russian: сени́льный (senílʹnyj) — senile
- Spanish: gc-gc — senile
- Spanish: cucú — senile
- Swedish: gaggig — senile
- Catalan: boig — crazy
- Chinese Mandarin: 狂热的 — crazy
- Chinese Mandarin: 疯疯癫癫的 — crazy
- Finnish: pöpi — crazy
- Finnish: hullu — crazy
- French: gaga — crazy
- French: neuneu — crazy
- French: zinzin — crazy
- Georgian: გიჟი (giži) — crazy
- Georgian: ჭკუაზე შეშლილი (č̣ḳuaze šešlili) — crazy
- German: verrückt — crazy
- German: bekloppt — crazy
- German: plemplem — crazy
- German: gaga — crazy
- Hiligaynon: buang — crazy
- Italian: pazzo — crazy
- Latin: insanus — crazy
- Norwegian: gal — crazy
- Portuguese: pirado — crazy
- Portuguese: biruta — crazy
- Portuguese: lelé — crazy
- Portuguese: tantã — crazy
- Portuguese: abilolado — crazy
- Russian: слабоу́мный (slaboúmnyj) — crazy
- Russian: вы́живший из ума́ (výživšij iz umá) — crazy
- Russian: сумасше́дший (sumasšédšij) — crazy
- Russian: чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) — crazy
- Russian: спя́тивший (spjátivšij) — crazy
- Russian: шизану́тый (šizanútyj) — crazy
- Russian: рехну́вшийся (rexnúvšijsja) — crazy
- Spanish: loco — crazy
- Spanish: pirado — crazy
- Spanish: trastornado — crazy
- Tagalog: baliw — crazy
- Chinese Mandarin: 狂热的 — infatuated
- Czech: poblázněný — infatuated
- Czech: zblázněný — infatuated
- Finnish: hullu — infatuated
- French: gaga — infatuated
- Georgian: მოხიბლული (moxibluli) — infatuated
- Georgian: გაგიჟებული (gagižebuli) — infatuated
- German: verknallt — infatuated
- Latin: īnfatuātus — infatuated
- Russian: очаро́ванный (očaróvannyj) — infatuated
- Russian: обалде́вший (obaldévšij) — infatuated
- Spanish: enamorado — infatuated