bananas

[buh-nan-uhz]

adjective

Slang.

1. crazy; deranged.

   All that chatter is driving me bananas.

2. wildly enthusiastic.

   The crowd went bananas when the music began.

bananas

/ bəˈnɑːnəz /

adjective

1. slang,  crazy (esp in the phrase go bananas )

Word History and Origins

Origin of bananas¹

1965–70, banana, -s ³

Example Sentences

"They ask for bananas and cassava to diversify their diet, but some families disappear for months or years after that," he says.

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Ms Everts is more blunt: "It's completely bananas."

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Foods high in potassium—sweet potatoes, salmon, spinach, avocados, bananas—are also healthy.

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Volunteers there fill hydration packs and pass out hundreds of peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches, bananas, watermelon slices, potato chips, fruit pies and boiled potatoes dusted with salt.

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Its agro-ecological diversity is critical for subsistence farming and staple food crops, such as avocados, cassava and maize, as well as export products like cocoa, coffee, bananas and cotton.

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