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(bəʳzɜːʳk, -sɜːʳk)
1. adjective
Berserk means crazy and out of control.
He tossed back his head in a howl of berserk laughter.
Synonyms: crazy, wild, mad [informal], frantic More Synonyms of berserk
2. 
See go berserk

berserk in British English

(bəˈzɜːk, -ˈsɜːk)
adjective
1. 
frenziedly violent or destructive (esp in the phrase go berserk)
noun
2.  Also called: berserker
a member of a class of ancient Norse warriors who worked themselves into a frenzy before battle and fought with insane fury and courage
Word origin
C19: Icelandic berserkr, from björn bear + serkr shirt

berserk in American English

(bərˈsɜrk; bərˈzɜrk; bəˈsɜrk)
noun
1. 
a berserker
adjective, adverb
2. 
in or into a state of violent or destructive rage or frenzy
Word origin
see berserker

Examples of 'berserk' in a sentence
berserk

Downstairs the dog was going berserk.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If there's an actual accident, they go berserk.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Three years ago they went a little berserk.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He then pulled out a knife and went berserk.
The Sun (2011)
She would go berserk if parted from him, her best friend.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Doors can be locked only in extreme circumstances, such as a prisoner going berserk.
The Sun (2010)
I was fearful that with the new model the company would go berserk and give up on the countryside altogether.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The couple said they 'went berserk' after finding fame.
The Sun (2011)
When the Principal Officer steps in to lock him up he goes berserk and attacks staff.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
The creatures at Bristol Zoo are going berserk.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The animals are going berserk - they've had enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
ONE of Britain's busiest roads was shut yesterday when a horse got its hoof trapped in a trailer and went berserk.
The Sun (2015)
(adjective) 
When I saw him I went berserk.
Synonyms
crazy
wild
The children were wild with excitement.
mad (informal)
I'm pretty mad about it, I can tell you.
frantic
A bird had been locked in and was now quite frantic.
ape (slang)
apeshit (slang)
violent
He could be violent from time to time.
raging
Inside, she was raging.
frenzied
the frenzied activity of the general election
manic
enraged
The enraged crowd marched through the streets.
uncontrollable
When he lost his temper, he was uncontrollable.
rabid
The tablets gave him the look of a rabid dog.
amok
maniacal
She is hunched over the wheel with a maniacal expression.
barro (Australian, slang)
off the air (Australian, slang)
porangi (New Zealand)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of enraged
The enraged crowd marched through the streets.
Synonyms
furious,
cross,
wild,
angry,
angered,
mad (informal),
raging,
irritated,
fuming,
choked,
pissed (US, slang),
infuriated,
aggravated (informal),
incensed,
inflamed,
exasperated,
very angry,
pissed off (taboo, slang),
irate,
livid (informal),
incandescent,
on the warpath,
fit to be tied (slang),
boiling mad,
raging mad,
tooshie (Australian, slang),
off the air (Australian, slang)
in the sense of frantic
Definition
distracted with fear, pain, joy, etc.
A bird had been locked in and was now quite frantic.
Synonyms
frenzied,
wild,
mad (informal),
raging,
furious,
raving,
distracted,
distraught,
berserk,
uptight (informal),
overwrought,
at the end of your tether,
beside yourself,
at your wits' end,
berko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of frenzied
the frenzied activity of the general election
Synonyms
uncontrolled,
wild,
excited,
mad,
crazy,
furious,
frantic,
distraught,
hysterical,
agitated,
frenetic,
feverish,
rabid,
maniacal

Nearby words of
berserk

  • bereft
  • bereft of
  • berg
  • berserk
  • berth
  • beseech
  • beset

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