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going batshit

going batshit is the present participle and gerund of go batshit.

Meaning of go batshit

Verb

go batshit (third-person singular simple present goes batshit, present participle going batshit, simple past went batshit, past participle gone batshit)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To become completely irrational; to react in an irrationally extreme manner.
    • When I told him about the latest numbers, he went batshit.

Questions about going batshit

What is going batshit the present participle and gerund of?
Going batshit is the present participle and gerund of go batshit.

Words near going batshit in the dictionary

  1. going balls up
  2. going bananas
  3. going bankrupt
  4. going barrel
  5. going barrels
  6. going batshit
  7. going begging
  8. going belly-up
  9. going below
  10. going berserk
  11. going between

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