go berserk
idiomatic phrase
1
: 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.
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
Ralph F. Wetterhahn2
: 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
Vera SpoonerExamples of go berserk in a Sentence
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If this had happened on Biden's watch, Republicans would have rightly gone berserk.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
The range of bangers is wide enough to soundtrack the next few months of TikTok hype edits while also satisfying your millennial brother who fondly remembers going berserk to Waka Flocka Flame in college.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2025
This game has officially gone berserk, with three touchdowns scored in the last 2:22.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
The cat went berserk, grabbing with its front claws and raking with its rear, in the way all felines use their haunches to eviscerate prey.
—Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
The range of bangers is wide enough to soundtrack the next few months of TikTok hype edits while also satisfying your millennial brother who fondly remembers going berserk to Waka Flocka Flame in college.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2025
This game has officially gone berserk, with three touchdowns scored in the last 2:22.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
The cat went berserk, grabbing with its front claws and raking with its rear, in the way all felines use their haunches to eviscerate prey.
—Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Go berserk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20berserk. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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