like mad

phrase

: to an extreme degree

spending like mad

working like mad to get the job done on time

Examples of like mad in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Right now, with the data center stocks cascading and money moving like mad to the drugs and food stocks, there is panic, and that panic includes some of our positions. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for like mad

• cephalad
• galahad
• ironclad
• libertad
• undergrad
• ad
• add
• bad
• brad
• cad
• clad
• dad