- completely crazy and silly
- I'll go bonkers if I have to wait any longer.
- He thought I was stark raving bonkers to give up my job.
Extra Examples- I went a bit bonkers when he told me the news.
- The noise nearly drove me bonkers.
- The whole idea is just plain bonkers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- go
- drive somebody
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- plain
- …
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Idioms
See bonkers in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary(stark) raving mad/bonkers
- (informal) completely crazy
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