go moggy
go moggy verb: to go without restraint; to go wild; to be adventurous.
Verb
go moggy (third-person singular simple present goes moggy, present participle going moggy, simple past went moggy, past participle gone moggy)
- To go without restraint; to go wild; to be adventurous.
- To go crazy; to be somewhat delirious.
- B: "That's a bad place, I tell you, I nearly went moggy in that jungle, hey."
A: "That's only because you got that bump on the head, when that bus ran over ..."2002, Dan Wylie, Dead leaves: Two years in the Rhodesian War, →ISBN, page 79
- B: "That's a bad place, I tell you, I nearly went moggy in that jungle, hey."
- (usually in the past tense, as in "gone moggy") To become broken, disorganized or dysfunctional.
Forms of go moggy
| third-person singular present | goes moggy |
|---|---|
| present participle | going moggy |
| past | went moggy |
| past participle | gone moggy |
Origin of go moggy
Derived from the Unimog, a brand of rugged four-wheel drive trucks popular in rural areas of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Questions about go moggy
- What does go moggy mean?
- Go moggy means to go without restraint; to go wild; to be adventurous.
- What part of speech is go moggy?
- Go moggy is a verb.
- What is the past tense of go moggy?
- The past tense of go moggy is went moggy.
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