hopping mad
Extremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“My neighbor is hopping mad about the loud music.”
“When the manager saw the broken equipment, he was hopping mad and demanded an explanation.”
“The director was hopping mad upon discovering that the entire project budget had been wasted on unnecessary administrative costs.”
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big mad
Very angry or irritated.
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boiling mad
extremely angry; furious.
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bunny hop
A dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga, in which dancers made small jumps with feet together.
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hop off
To back off; to leave alone.
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hop the wag
To play truant (be absent from school without permission).
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hop up
To make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.); to soup up.
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little mad
Slightly irritated or annoyed.
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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