bananas

[ buh-nan-uhz ]

/ bəˈnæn əz /

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adjective Slang.

crazy; deranged: All that chatter is driving me bananas.

wildly enthusiastic: The crowd went bananas when the music began.

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Origin of bananas

1965–70, Americanism;see banana, -s³

Words nearby bananas

banana oil, banana plug, banana prawn, banana republic, banana republics, bananas, banana seat, banana shrub, banana skin, banana slug, banana spider

How to use bananas in a sentence

Duarte owns a small plot of land where she grazes cattle and grows beans, maize, bananas, and oranges.
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Just pop a few bananas on a turntable and you've got yourself a casual kick back!
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The Crossfit community is going to go bananas for this tech.
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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.
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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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British Dictionary definitions for bananas

bananas

/ (bəˈnɑːnəz) /

adjective

slang crazy (esp in the phrase go bananas)

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bananas

Origin of bananas

Words nearby bananas

Words related to bananas

How to use bananas in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for bananas