Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Out of one's mind; crazy.
- adjective Wildly enthusiastic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
banana . - adjective
crazy ,mad ,nuts
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Peeling bananas from the other end is easier - Boing Boing
Boing Boing 2009
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Peeling bananas from the other end is easier - Boing Boing
Boing Boing 2009
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Based on a true story - the driver had picked up his load of bananas from the docks in New Jersey, came down the hill into Scranton at 90mph and made a real mess of things.
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But if I were acting like I really wanted to act, I would be hanging off of him like bananas from a banana tree (which is the only metaphor my brain can come up with at the moment).
in better news, we won trivial pursuit. tragic_elegance 2010
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Each ingredient, except, of course, for the bananas, is a pantry staple.
Jamie Schler: When Simple Banana Bread Becomes Exotic (a recipe) Jamie Schler 2010
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Based on a true story - the driver had picked up his load of bananas from the docks in New Jersey, came down the hill into Scranton at 90mph and made a real mess of things.
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And P.S., another way to save your bananas from the dumps is to freeze them.
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The idea of a kid catching his mom fellating (sp?) some young dude she picked up, and then as her only “punishment” restricting her to eat bananas is just a bit weird to me … her casual self centered attitude about most everything was offensive to me.
'Cougar Town' and 'Modern Family': Hallelujah! People watched 'em! | EW.com 2009
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And P.S., another way to save your bananas from the dumps is to freeze them.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Aside from banana bread, one of my favorite things to do with bananas is to make honey-sweetened Crunchy Banana Pops.
john commented on the word bananas
One of Woody Allen's earlier movies. Sylvester Stallone has a small role in it.
October 17, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word bananas
Bananas are slightly radioactive (thanks, frogapplause).
June 20, 2010
tankhughes commented on the word bananas
I like that the metaphorical definitions from AHD show up first, and then Wiktionary's "plural form of banana."
September 23, 2022