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

[From banana, worthless or crazy person, from banana.]

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  • One of Woody Allen's earlier movies. Sylvester Stallone has a small role in it.

    October 17, 2009

  • Bananas are slightly radioactive (thanks, frogapplause).

    June 20, 2010

  • I like that the metaphorical definitions from AHD show up first, and then Wiktionary's "plural form of banana."

    September 23, 2022