go berserk

idiomatic phrase

: to become very angry and often violent

… the driver went berserk and started punching him when he told him they had called police.—

Rob Parascandola et al.

On one ski run, a teenage snowboarder nearly creamed a little girl, and [retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general Robin] Olds went berserk. The snowboarder took off with that old dogfighter hot on his tail …—

Ralph F. Wetterhahn

: to become very excited

The crowd was going berserk as the team scored with seconds to go.

My first day ashore at Hanna Point, I went berserk taking pictures of the chinstrap penguins.—

Vera Spooner

Examples of go berserk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As the Beautiful Freaks quintet goes berserk, one guitarist rubbing her instrument neck across front-row faithful to muster true fan-feedback, mid-yard a woman opens wings of electric light. —

Matt Thompson, SPIN, 18 Oct. 2024 When a dark van pulled up and Charli popped out, the 400 or so people crammed up the slope around the BRAT structure went berserk. —

Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2024 The story was loosely translated into a 2023 horror movie in which the bear went berserk. —

Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 24 July 2024 There's so much goodness, from a War Rig tanker truck laying waste to a platoon of cars and motorcycles to hundreds of War Boys going berserk on an unsuspecting biker horde. —

Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for go berserk

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