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hopping mad

hopping mad adjective: extremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.

Adjective

hopping mad

  1. (idiomatic) Extremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.
    • He was hopping mad when he came home and discovered that she had bought a new car without consulting him.
    • "And you hit him? dear old Father Bhaer?" […]
      "I was hopping mad at the time, and thought I shouldn't mind a bit, rather like it perhaps. But when I'd hit uncle one good crack […] I couldn't go on. […] I felt so mean."1871, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 4, in Little Men: […], Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC

Examples of hopping mad in a sentence

  • Dora wouldn't help me make pies 'cause she was afraid of messing her clo'es and that made me hopping mad.1909 September, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Marilla Adopts Twins”, in Anne of Avonlea, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, →OCLC...
  • The biggest press news in Washington last week was that the "White House gang" — the little group of reporters whose beat is covering the President — was hopping mad at Franklin Roosevelt.1941 September 15, “The Press: End of a White House Friendship”, in Time, retrieved 05 Dec 2018:
  • Gaynier, a New York lawyer, is hopping mad because, she says, getting on an airplane these days means being groped by a stranger.2004 November 2, Joe Sharkey, “When a Pat-Down Seems Like Groping”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Dec 2018:

Questions about hopping mad

What does hopping mad mean?
Hopping mad means extremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.
How do you use hopping mad in a sentence?
Dora wouldn't help me make pies 'cause she was afraid of messing her clo'es and that made me hopping mad.
What part of speech is hopping mad?
Hopping mad is an adjective.

Words near hopping mad in the dictionary

  1. hopping and popping
  2. hopping Dick
  3. hopping Dicks
  4. hopping into
  5. hopping it
  6. hopping mad
  7. hopping mice
  8. hopping mouse
  9. hopping off
  10. hopping on
  11. hopping on down to

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