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Meaning 1
Crazy, mad or insane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- The sixth phone call drove him round the bend.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
round the bend
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.
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Meaning 2
Close to or in close proximity to another location.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Down the hill and round the bends, Thomas and his friends.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Meaning 3
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see round, bend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
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, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, around the bend, wacky, whacky
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: meschugge — mad, crazy
- German: durchgeknallt — mad, crazy
- German: kopflos — mad, crazy
- Polish: szalony — mad, crazy
- Polish: stuknięty — mad, crazy
- Polish: zwariowany — mad, crazy