bananas

[ buh-nan-uhz ]

adjective

, Slang.

1. crazy; deranged:

   All that chatter is driving me bananas.

2. wildly enthusiastic:

   The crowd went bananas when the music began.

bananas

/ bəˈnɑːnəz /

adjective

1. slang.
   crazy (esp in the phrase go bananas )

Word History and Origins

Origin of bananas¹

1965–70, Americanism; banana, -s ³

Example Sentences

Duarte owns a small plot of land where she grazes cattle and grows beans, maize, bananas, and oranges.

From The Daily Beast

Just pop a few bananas on a turntable and you've got yourself a casual kick back!

From The Daily Beast

The Crossfit community is going to go bananas for this tech.

From The Daily Beast

I love its late daylight against old building facades; its 30-cent bananas from the stands on the corner; its new bike lanes.

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At the checkout, her total for bananas, arugula, blackberries, kale, yogurt, rice noodles, and tofu comes to $34.21.

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Besides, there is always a bunch of bananas hanging inside the house, and he has sugar-cane in abundance.

From Project Gutenberg

Immense plantations of rice, skirted by bananas and other fruit-trees, extend along the banks of the Pearl stream.

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One day all the bananas on that table disappeared and my family blamed the servants for eating all the fruit in the house.

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(→) a bananas that are thin and lacking in flesh from improper development, and by extension, other fruits and vegetables.

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A sleepy, honest little donkey, loaded with baskets of very diminutive bananas, came our way.

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