English

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.

   • 1975, Bellow, Saul, Humboldt's Gift, Viking, page ??:

     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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ɡa/

Adjective

gaga m, f ‎(plural gagas)

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

Synonyms

senile

• fou
• foufou
• gâteux
• neuneu
• zinzin

crazy

• fou
• foufou
• neuneu
• zinzin

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

• tsatsu
• tsatsutsuru
• gbense

Japanese

Romanization

gaga

1. rōmaji reading of がが

Turkish

gagalar

Etymology

• From Proto-Turkic

Noun

gaga ‎(definite accusative gagayı, plural gagalar)

1. bill, beak

Declension

Derived terms

• gagalamak