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gaga - What does it mean?

Definition of 'gaga'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (informal) Mentally senile.
  • The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga .
  • (informal) Crazy.
  • You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.
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    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?
  • (informal) Infatuated.
  • The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.

    Usage notes

    * As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga'' is often preceded by the verb ''go .

    Similar to 'gaga'

    gogga, gyoza, guasa, gissa, guga, gizza, gosha