Found 2 items, similar to go ballistic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: go ballistic
go ballistic
v : get very angry and fly into a rage;
“The professor combusted
when the student didn't know the answer to a very
elementary question”;
“Spam makes me go ballistic” [syn:
flip one's lid,
blow up,
throw a fit,
hit the roof,
hit the ceiling,
have kittens,
have a fit,
combust,
blow one's stack,
fly off the handle,
flip one's wig
,
lose one's temper,
blow a fuse]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: go ballistic
Ballistic
\Bal*lis"tic\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling
stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
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2. Pertaining to ballistics[2], or to a projectile in a
gravitational field.
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3. frenzied; very angry; -- used mostly in the phrase
go ballistic. [Colloq.]
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Ballistic pendulum, an instrument consisting of a mass of
wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for
measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means
of the arc through which their impact impels it.
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