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hopping mad
hop·ping mad (hŏp′ĭng)adj. Extremely angry.Translationshopping mad
hopping madVery angry. Mom was hopping mad after I dented her brand-new car.See also: hop, madhopping madFig. very angry. Joe got hopping mad when the salescerk was rude to him. The student's practical jokes made the teacher hopping mad.See also: hop, madhopping madEnraged, furious, as in I was hopping mad when they left my name off the list. This expression conjures up an image of jumping up and down with rage. [Colloquial; early 1800s] See also: hop, madˌhopping ˈmad (about/over something) (informal) extremely angry about something: Anne was hopping mad about the sales figures.See also: hop, madhopping mad mod. very angry; angry and jumping up and down. I was hopping mad about the broken window. See also: hop, madhopping madExtremely angry. The term implies that one is enough enraged to jump up and down or to hop about; it originated in the early nineteenth century in the United States. One of Seba Smith’s humorous political letters stated, “I had a long talk with the General . . . he was hopping mad” (The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing, 1833).See also: hop, mad |