barking
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adjective
adjective, Brit
Crazy, mad. Also asadverb , esp emphatically in barking mad, utterly mad. (1968 —) .
R. Ingrams It was considered perfectly in order for a man who was clearly barking mad to sit for many years dispensing justice to his fellow citizens (1984).
[From the image of barking like a mad or uncontrollable dog.]
adjective, Brit
Crazy, mad. Also as
R. Ingrams It was considered perfectly in order for a man who was clearly barking mad to sit for many years dispensing justice to his fellow citizens (1984).
[From the image of barking like a mad or uncontrollable dog.]
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