gaga

See also: gagá, gagà, ğağa, ga-ga, and -gaga

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

gaga (comparative more gaga, superlative most gaga)

  1. (informal) Mentally senile.
    The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.
  2. (informal) Crazy.
    You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.
    • Should he lose it once and for all, he and Kathleen would need lots of money. Also, he had said to me, you could be gaga in a tenured chair at Princeton, and would anybody notice?
  3. (informal) Infatuated.
    The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.
Usage notes
  • As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga is often preceded by the verb go.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

gaga (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.ɡa/

Adjective

gaga (plural gagas)

  1. (informal) gaga (senile)
  2. (informal) gaga (crazy)
  3. (informal) gaga (infatuated)

Synonyms

senile
crazy

Further reading

Ga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/

Noun

gaga (plural gagai)

  1. any ant with large mandibles, such as a soldier ant or driver ant

See also

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaɡa/

Noun

gaga

  1. wine

References

  • (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

Japanese

Romanization

gaga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がが

Turkish

gagalar

Etymology

Noun

gaga (definite accusative gagayı, plural gagalar)

  1. bill, beak

Declension

Inflection
Nominative gaga
Definite accusative gagayı
Singular Plural
Nominative gaga gagalar
Definite accusative gagayı gagaları
Dative gagaya gagalara
Locative gagada gagalarda
Ablative gagadan gagalardan
Genitive gaganın gagaların

Derived terms

  • gagalamak
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