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Idiom idiom

hopping mad


Extremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

My neighbor is hopping mad about the loud music.

CONTEXTUAL

When the manager saw the broken equipment, he was hopping mad and demanded an explanation.

COMPLEX

The director was hopping mad upon discovering that the entire project budget had been wasted on unnecessary administrative costs.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    big mad

    Very angry or irritated.

  2. 02

    boiling mad

    extremely angry; furious.

  3. 03

    bunny hop

    A dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga, in which dancers made small jumps with feet together.

  4. 04

    hop off

    To back off; to leave alone.

  5. 05

    hop the wag

    To play truant (be absent from school without permission).

  6. 06

    hop up

    To make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.); to soup up.

  7. 07

    little mad

    Slightly irritated or annoyed.

  8. 08

    mad money

    A sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept in reserve to use for impulsive, frivolous purposes.

Last updated August 10, 2026