like mad or crazy
1like mad — or[like crazy] {adv.}, {slang}, {informal} With great enthusiasm and vigor; very fast. * /We had to drive like mad (like crazy) to get there on time./ See: LIKE HELL(1) …
2like mad — or[like crazy] {adv.}, {slang}, {informal} With great enthusiasm and vigor; very fast. * /We had to drive like mad (like crazy) to get there on time./ See: LIKE HELL(1) …
3Like mad — Mad Mad, a. [Compar. {Madder}; superl. {Maddest}.] [AS. gem?d, gem[=a]d, mad; akin to OS. gem?d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei?a to hurt, Goth. gam[ a]ids weak, broken. ?.] 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. [1913 Webster] I have heard… …
4like\ mad — • like mad • like crazy adv slang informal With great enthusiasm and vigor; very fast. We had to drive like mad (like crazy) to get there on time. See: like hell(1) …
5like mad — informal 1) I ran like mad Syn: fast, quickly, rapidly, speedily, hastily, hurriedly 2) he had to fight like mad Syn: energetically, enthusiastically, madly, furiously, with a will …
6like mad — adverb with great speed or effort or intensity (Freq. 1) drove like crazy worked like hell to get the job done ran like sin for the storm cellar work like thunder fought like the devil • Syn: ↑like hell …
7like crazy/like mad — a lot, very much, to beat the band She laughed like crazy whenever Earl told a joke …
8like mad — Synonyms and related words: a corps perdu, all to pieces, carelessly, demonically, desperately, fanatically, fiercely, frantically, frenetically, furiously, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly …
9like mad — Go to like crazy …
10mad — W3S2 [mæd] adj comparative madder superlative maddest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(angry)¦ 2¦(crazy)¦ 3¦(uncontrolled)¦ 4 be mad about/for/on somebody/something 5¦(mentally ill)¦ 6 like mad 7 don t go mad …