Reverse Dictionary: MAD

ADJECTIVES
► ABRAM mad → 1909 cant (Bk.)
► AGRO mad; annoyed → 20C teen & high school sl.
► APESHIT crazed, infuriated, excited; mad, insane → 1955 sl.
► AROUND THE BEND insane, mad → 1929 sl.
► AWAY mad; unconscious; dead → 1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► AWAY IN THE HEAD mad, out of one’s wits; also, in a drunken or drug-induced state → 1894 colloq.
► AWAY IN THE MIND mad, out of one’s wits; also, in a drunken or drug-induced state → 1880 colloq.
► AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES giving the impression of being mad, distracted or in a dream-world → 1934
► BALMY crazy, wrong in the head, mad, idiotic, weak-minded → 1891 
► BALMY IN THE CRUMPET mad, crazy → 1891 Brit. sl.
► BANANAS insane, mad → 1957 sl., orig. US
► BARKING ► BARKING MAD insane, mad → 1968 Brit. sl.
► BARMY AS A BANDICOOT mad; crazy → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BARSY ► BARZY mad, lunatic → 1970s UK sl.
► BAT-HOUSE crazy, mad, insane → 20C sl.
► BATS crazy, very eccentric, mad to any degree → 1911 UK sl.
► BATSHIT crazy, mad, insane → 1984 sl.
► BEDLAM belonging to a madhouse; mad, wild, ill-behaved, foolish → a1535
► BEDLAMITE lunatic, mad → 1815
► BEDLAMITISH mad, foolish → 1824
► BEDLAMLIKE mad-looking → 1618
► BILLED distracted, half mad → 1869 Eng. dial.
► BLAH insane, mad → 1924 sl.
► BOILED mad, angry, furious → 1920s sl.
► BONKERS insane, mad → 1957 sl., orig. Brit.
► BRAIN-WUD mad; acting with fury or intense impetuosity → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CADAZY mad, crazy → 1980s Black British sl.
► CHEWED angry, mad; defeated, beaten → 1942 Amer. dial.
► CRACKERS mad, crazy → 1920s sl.
► CRAZY AS A TWO-BOB WATCH extremely mad → 1954 Aust. sl.
► CUCKOO foolish; silly; witless; slightly mad → 1942 Amer. colloq. (Bk.)
► DAFFY daft; mad; crazy; silly; amusingly eccentric; foolish → 1884 US sl.
► DAFT of unsound mind, crazy, insane, mad → c1325 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DAFT-LIKE foolish, dull-witted, mad, absurd →  1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DAGENHAM mad, eccentric → 1990s sl.
► DALE furious, mad → 1858 Eng. dial. obs.
► DATTY mad → 2000s UK teen sl.
► DELEERIT gone mad, out of one’s senses → 1824 Sc.
► DIDDLECOME half mad; sorely vexed or teased → 1869 Eng. dial.
► DINGBATS crazy, mad, delusional → 1925 Aust. sl.
► DO-LALLY ► DOOLALLY mad, eccentric → 1902 sl., orig. military usage
► DOOLALLY TAP insane, mad → 1925 Brit. sl., orig. services’ usage
► EAST HAM nearly mad → 2001 UK sl.
► EDGED angry, incensed, mad as hell → 1982 US sl.
► FAR GONE mad, eccentric, insane → 1857 sl.
► FEY frenzied; mad → 1790 Sc.
► FLAMIN’ infatuated, mad → 20C teen & high school sl.
► FRENZICAL affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic → a1586 obs.
► FURIBUND furious, raging, mad → 1490
► FURIBUNDAL furious, raging, mad → 1593 obs.
► FURIOUS mad, insane → 1475 obs.
► GAGA mad, esp. as a result of senility; eccentric, senile  → 1920 UK sl.
► GOOFY mad → 1910s sl.
► GYTE mad , out of one’s senses → 1725 Sc.
► HALF AND BETWEEN of a person: slightly mad, eccentric → 20C Irish sl.
► HALF AWAY mad → 1905 Ireland (Bk.)
► HARE-BRAINED stupid and heedless, reckless; rash, wild, mad → 1548
► HARE-MAD mad as a March hare → a1627
► HARISH of the nature of a hare; mad, foolish → 1552 obs.
► HITE ► HYTE crazy, mad → 1720 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► IN A PUCKER mad, angry → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► INSANIOUS pertaining to madness → 1656 obs.
► KLONDIKE mad → L19 sl.
► LAKES (OF KILLARNEY) ► LAKESY ► LAKEY ► LAKIE mad, crazy, stupid → 1934 UK imperfect rhyming sl. for ‘barmy’
► LOCO insane, mad → 1887 sl., orig. US
► LOCOED crazy, mad, deranged → 1884 Amer, dial.
► MACNOON insane, mad → 1917 Aust. sl., orig. services’ usage
► MAD AS A CUT SNAKE very mad; exceedingly angry → 1890 Aust. sl.
► MAD AS A DINGBAT completely deranged or utterly furious or mad, very angry → M19 sl.
► MAD AS A HARE very crazy, eccentric, mad → L14
► MAD AS A HATTER very mad, utterly insane; in a rage → M19 sl.
► MAD AS A MARCH HARE very crazy, eccentric, mad → 16C
► MAD AS BLAZES mad as hell → 1941 Amer. dial.
► MAD AS MAY-BUTTER exceedingly eccentric; mad; excited → 1626
► MAD AS TOPHET ‘mad as hell’, very mad → 1941 Amer. dial.
► MAD AS WHIZZ very mad or angry → 1960 Amer. dial.
► MAD-BRED bred by madness in the brain → 1910 (Bk.)
► MADCAP mad, crackbrained, reckless, wildly impulsive → 1588
► MADDED mad, foolish; rendered mad; deprived of reason or intelligence; excited to fury, enraged → c1580 obs.
► MADDER’N SNAKES IN HAYIN’ extremely mad → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MADDING becoming mad; acting madly; frenzied → 1579 now poetical or rhetorical
► MADDY somewhat mad → 1719 obs.
► MADFUL mad → a1400 obs.
► MADLING mad → 1608 obs.
► MADPASH wild, rash, scatterbrained, insane, mad → 1693  obs.
► MAGHNOON ► MAGNOON ► MAGNUNE ► MANGOON ► MCNOON insane, mad → 1917 Aust. sl., orig. services’ usage
► MANKIND infuriated, furious, fierce, mad → 1519 obs.
► MARCH MAD mad as a March hare → a1619 obs.
► MASHUGGAH crazy, mad → 1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
► MAUKIN-MAD mad as a March hare → 1787 Sc.
► MAZE mad, crazy, lunatic; uneasy, over-anxious → 1842 Eng. dial.
► MAZED crazed, mad, lunatic, distraught, insane → 1836 Eng. dial.
► MAZEDISH mad, confused, insane → 1846 Eng. dial.
► MAZEDY mad, confused, insane → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MELANCHOLY insane; mad with anger → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MENTAL insane, mad → 1927 sl.
► MESHUGA ► MESHUGAH ► MESHUGGA ► MESHUGGAH ► MESHUGGINER ► MISHOOGENA crazy, mad → 1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
► MOONSTRICKEN deranged or mad
► MOONSTRUCK deranged or mad
► MUM AND DAD mad → 20C Aust. rhyming sl.
► NON COMPOS not in control of the mind, insane, mad → 1628
► NOT ALL THERE slightly mad; mentally or intellectually disadvantaged → 1864 UK sl.
► NOT RIGHT mad, eccentric, mentally wrong → Brit. sl.
► NUT mad, crazy, stupid, eccentric → 1906 colloq.
► NUTS insane, mad → 1846 sl.
► NUTSY mad, insane, eccentric → 1911 sl., orig. US
► OFF mad, very foolish → L19 sl.
► OFF AT THE HEAD eccentric, mad → M19 sl.
► OFF AT THE NAIL mad → 1902 Sc.(Bk.)
► OFF IT insane, mad → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OFF ONE’S CHOMP mad, crazy, eccentric, insane → M19 sl.
► OFF ONE’S CHUMP insane, mad → 1864 sl.
► OFF ONE’S CONK mad, crazy, eccentric, insane; demented  → 1870 US sl.
► OFF ONE’S DIP mad, crazy, eccentric, insane → L19 sl.
► OFF ONE’S DIPPER mad, crazy, eccentric, insane → L19 sl.
► OFF ONE’S DOT mad, eccentric → L19 sl.
► OFF ONE’S DOTTY mad, eccentric, insane, crazy → L19 sl.
► OFF ONE’S GOURD insane, mad → 1961 US sl.
► OFF ONE’S HEAD insane, mad → a1845 sl.
► OFF ONE’S KNOCKER mad, insane, uncontrolled → 1900s Aust. sl.
► OFF ONE’S LID mad → 1900s US sl.
► OFF ONE’S LOOP eccentric, mad → 1940s sl.
► OFF ONE’S NANA eccentric, mad → 1940s sl.
► OFF ONE’S NANNY mad, crazy → 1894 sl.
► OFF ONE’S NOGGIN mad, crazy → 1955 sl.
► OFF ONE’S NUT insane, mad → 1873 sl.
► OFF ONE’S ONION mad, crazy → 1890 sl.
► OFF ONE’S PANNIKIN mad, crazy → 1894 sl. chiefly Aust.
► OFF ONE’S PULLEY insane, eccentric, mad, crazy → 1990s sl.
► OFF ONE’S ROCK crazy, insane, eccentric, mad → L19 sl.
► OFF ONE’S ROCKER insane, mad → 1897 colloq.
► OFF ONE’S ROCKET insane, mad → 1925 sl.
► OFF ONE’S SAUCER mad, insane, eccentric, crazy → c1930 Aust. sl.
► OFF ONE’S TILE mad, angry → 1910s Aust. sl.
► OFF ONE’S TOP TRAVERSE mad, insane, eccentric, crazy → 20C Aust. sl.
► OFF ONE’S TROLLEY insane, mad → 1896 sl.
► OFF TAP eccentric, mad → 1990s Aust. sl.
► OFF THE HOOKS in a state of madness or intense excitement; crazy, angry, or vexed; in an ill mood or out of humour → 1612 sl.
► OFF THE SIDE insane, mad → 1877 Eng. dial.
► OUT OF ONE’S GOURD insane, mad → 1963 US sl.
► OUT OF ONE’S HEAD insane, mad → 1825 sl.
► OUT OF ONE’S SKULL insane, mad → 1968 sl.
► OUT OF ONE’S TREE insane, mad → 1966 US sl.
► OVER THE EDGE insane, quite mad → 1929
► PIACHE mad → L19 army sl.
► POGGLE insane, mad → 1923 Brit. sl., chiefly services’ usage
► POGGLED ► PUGGLED mad-drunk; mad → L19 Army sl.
► PORANGI mad, eccentric, stupid → M19 NZ (Maori)
► PUDDLED mad, insane, or eccentric → Brit. sl.
► PUGGLE insane, mad → 1923 Brit. sl., chiefly services’ usage
► PUGGLED insane, mad → 1923 Brit. sl., chiefly services’ usage
► PUGGLY mad → L19 Army sl.
► QUEER IN THE ATTIC mad → 19C sl.
► QUEER IN THE GARRET eccentric, mad → L18 sl.
► QUEER IN THE NUT mad, eccentric → 1950s sl.
► QUEER IN THE UPPER STOREY eccentric, mad → L18 sl.
► RAAZED infuriated, mad → c1850 Sc. obs.
► RABIOUS fierce, raging, rabid, mad → 1613-18 obs.
► RADGE mad, violently excited, furious, wild, obstreperous, insane → 1923 Sc.
► RADGED furious, mad → 19C Eng. dial.
► RADGIE ► RADGY mad, violently excited, furious, wild, obstreperous → 1923 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RADIO ► RADIO RENTAL ► RADIO RENTALS ► RENTALS wonderful, amazing; insane, mad, crazy  → 1960s rhyming sl. for ‘mental’
► RAGE mad, raging; wanton → a1300 obs.
► RAGEFUL mad, frantic, frenzied → 1580 obs.
► RAGEOUS in a rage, furious, mad, angry, vexed; violent with pain or anger; full of passion → 1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RAISED-LIKE excited, maddened; startled, having the appearance of mental derangement → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RAMMIST of a person: mad, crazy, frantic; rash, headstrong → 1455 Sc.
► RANTY lively, riotous, eager; wildly excited with passion, pain, anger, etc.; almost mad → 1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RATTY mad, mentally deranged; eccentric; silly → 1895 Aust. colloq.
► RAVERS insane, raving mad → 1938 Brit. sl.
► RED-EYED crazy, furious, angry, mad → 1935 Amer. dial.
► RED-MAD raging mad, distracted, insane; furious; eager → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RED-WUD raging mad; furious → 1793 Sc.
► ROUND THE BEND insane, mad, crazy → 1929 sl.
► ROUND THE TWIST insane, mad → 1960 Brit. sl.
► SALVATION ARMY crazy, mad, eccentric → L19 Cockney rhyming sl. for ‘barmy’
► SCRANNY crazy, mad, distracted; simple, foolish; bewildered → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SICK silly, stupid; extremely eccentric; mad → 20C Aust. sl.
► SILLY AS A TWO-BOB WATCH extremely stupid, mad → 1954 Aust. sl.
► SKIRE quite mad → 1822 Sc.
► STARKERS insane, mad → 1962 Brit. sl.
► SWIVEL-EYED having eyes pointing in different direction; hence, having a crazed or frenzied appearance; mad, crazy; holding views regarded as extreme or fanatical → 1758 colloq.
► TROPPO crazy, mad → 1941 Aust. sl.
► UP THE CREEK mad, crazy → 1960s sl.
► UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE mad, crazy → 1960s sl.
► UP THE POLE mad, crazy, eccentric, insane → 1904 sl.
► UP THE STICK mad, crazy, eccentric → 1930s sl.
► VESANOUS mad, furious, raging, cruel, outrageous → 1656 obs.
► WACKED OUT crazy, eccentric, mad → 1968 US sl.
► WAMPY mad, insane → 1950s NZ sl.
► WHACKED OUT insane, mad → 1969 US sl.
► WRONG silly, foolish; extremely eccentric, or slightly mad → 1920s Aust. sl.
► WRONG IN ONE’S NUT mad, eccentric → L19 sl.
► WRONG IN THE HEAD crazy, mad → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► YARRA mad, insane, stupid, eccentric → 1943 Aust. sl.

ADVERBS
► LIKE DAFT madly, wildly → 1793 Sc.
► MADLING madly → 1584 obs.
► MAZE-LIKE stupidly, foolishly; like a madman → 1866 Eng. dial.
► RANDY madly, wildly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEDLAMLY like a madman, insanely → 1553-87 obs.
► GAGA madly → 2000s sl.

NOUNS
► BALKAN TAP madness → 20C sl.
► BEDLAM madness, lunacy → 1598
► DARK HOUSE a place of confinement for a madman; a room used to confine the insane → 1600 obs.
► DARK ROOM a place of confinement for a madman → 1590 obs.
► DARLING PEA madness; eccentricity → L19 Aust. sl.
► DELIRITNESS madness → 1823 Sc.
► DOOLALLY TAP madness, eccentricity; orig, a form of madness that afflicted soldiers stationed in India, and spec. at Deolalie → L19 sl.
► DOTERY foolishness, folly; madness, mental confusion → 1587 obs.
► EYE wild or violent anger; rage, madness, fury → c1175 obs.
► FURIOSITY madness → a1475
► FUROR fury, rage, madness, anger, mania → 1477
► MAD madness, fury, anger → 1847-89 Eng. dial. & US sl.
► MADDERAM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity → 1866 Sc.
► MADDERDOM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity → 1866 Sc.
► MADHEAD madness → c1375 obs.
► MADSHIP madness → a1225 obs.
► MANIAPHOBIA an abnormal fear of madness → 1991 (Bk.)
► MAZEDNESS madness → 1891 Eng. dial.
► MAZERY nonsense, foolery; madness → 1897 Eng. dial.
► NUT TRAIN a state of madness, psychosis → 1961 US sl.
► NUT WAGON a state of madness, psychosis → 1961 US sl.
► RAGE 1. madness, folly, rashness; an instance of this; a foolish act → a1300 obs.
2. madness; insanity; a fit of mania → c1325 obs. exc. poetic usage
► RAMMISTNESS madness, frenzy → 1456 Sc.
► RAT a bout of madness → 1920s Aust. sl.
► VECORD madness, trouble of mind, folly, doting → 1788
► VECORDY madness, trouble of mind, folly, doting → 1656

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABRAM MORT a madwoman → 1741 sl.
► BALMY a mad or eccentric person → 1912 UK sl.
► BARM-POT an eccentric or mad person → 1916 sl.
► BARMY a mad or very eccentric person → c1880 sl.
► BEDLAM an inmate of Bethlehem Hospital, London, or of a lunatic asylum, or one first for such a place, a madman; specifically, a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm → 1522 obs.
► BEDLAM-BEGGAR an inmate of Bethlehem Hospital, London, or of a lunatic asylum, or one first for such a place, a madman; specifically, a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm → 1608 obs.
► BEDLAMITE a madman or lunatic; a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm → 1691 obs.
► BEDLAM-MAN a madman; a lunatic → 1658
► BEETLE a crazy, eccentric, or foolish person; a madman, an obsessive fan → 1605 sl.
► BETHLEHEMITE a person confined or fit to be confined in a mad-house, called a Bedlamite → 1795 (Bk.)
► BETHLEMITE an insane person; a madman; a bedlamite → 1895 (Bk.)
► CRAZY a mad or insane person → 1867 sl., orig. US
► DAFFY an eccentric person; a mad person → 20C US sl.
► DAFTIE ► DAFTY an idiot, an imbecile; a madman → 1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GEIT ► GITE a foolish fellow, an idiot; a madman → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GELT a mad person; a lunatic → 1596
► HEADCASE a mad person → 1970s US sl.
► JACKET JOB something or someone liable to drive one crazy; hence, a mad or insane person → 1990s sl.
► JACK O’ BEDLAM a madman → 1605
► LAKES (OF KILLARNEY) a mad person → 1910s rhyming sl. for ‘barmy’
► LOONEY ► LOONY a madman → 1883 US sl.
► MADCAP a madman, a maniac → 1589 obs.
► MADDIE a mad person, a lunatic → 1903 Sc. obs.
► MADHEAD a mad person → 1600 obs.
► MADLING a mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly → c1648-50
► MADLOCK a lunatic; a mad fellow → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MADPASH a foolish or insane person; a lunatic, a mad fellow; a crackbrained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person; a rash or turbulent person; a wild, giddy person → 1611 obs.
​► MADSTART a lunatic; a mad fellow → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAZE-MAN a madman, a lunatic → 1897 Eng. dial.
► MICKEY ROONEY a madman; a crazy person → 1988 UK rhyming sl. for ‘loony’
► NAPOLEON a madman, an eccentric person → 1944 African-American sl.
► NUT CASE an eccentric; a madman → 1944 Aust. sl.
► NUT a mad or crazy person; an eccentric → 1908 colloq., orig. US
► NUTBOY a mad or crazy person; an eccentric → 1964 US colloq.
► NUTHATCH a madman; a fool → 1972 Amer. sl.
► NUTHEAD a mad or crazy person; an eccentric → 1952 sl.
► NUT-HOUSE a mad person → 1927 US sl.
► NUT ROLL an eccentric or mad person → 1992 African-American sl.
► NUTTER a violent deranged person; a mad or insane person → 1958 Brit. sl.
► POGGLE a madman; an idiot; a dolt → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
► PORGLY a madman; an idiot; a dolt → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
► POTHOUSE a madman; one who goes to excessive lengths, esp. criminal → 2000 UK sl.
► PSYCHO a mad or insane person → 1942 sl.
► PUGGLY a madman; an idiot; a dolt → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
► RADGE a psychotic person; a madman → 1995 sl.
► SPACE CADET a mad or eccentric person → 1956 US sl.
► SPACEMAN one who is intoxicated on drugs; a madman → 1962 Aust. prison & US sl.
► SPACE QUEEN a person who seems to have their head in the clouds; a mad or eccentric person → 1982 US college sl.
► TOM O’ BEDLAM a madman; a deranged person discharged from Bedlam and licensed to beg → 1561 obs.
► VEDGIE ► VEG ► VEGGIE ► VEGGY a moron; a madman; a stupid person; someone considered mentally deficient or brain damaged → 2001 sl., derogatory
► WALL-HUGGER an eccentric, a mad person → 1980s sl.
► WINDY a mad, harebrained person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

PHRASES
► ANOTHER ONE FOR THE VAN another person’s gone mad → 1920s sl.
► YOU’RE OUT OF YOUR TINY MIND you’re crazy, foolish, mad → 1970 UK sl.

VERBS
► ABRAHAM SHAM to feign madness → 1909 sl. (Bk.)
► BAIL OUT to go mad → 1970s sl., orig. military
► BEMAD to make mad, to madden → 1605
► BOW UP to get mad; to turn mean; to refuse to do a job → 1958 Amer. dial.
► BUST ONE’S CONK to go mad → 1930s African-American sl.
► CLIMB THE WALL to go mad → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► CRACK ONE’S BRAIN ► CRACK ONE’S BRAINS to make oneself insane, to drive mad → 1630
► DO ABRAM to feign madness → 1909 sl. (Bk.)
► DO YOUR NUT to go mad; to feign madness → 1959 Brit. sl.
► EFFIERCE to render fierce, to madden → 1596 obs.
► GET A RAT ► GET RATS to be mad → 1894 Aust. & NZ sl.
► GO BATSHIT to go crazy, mad, or insane → 1971 sl.
► GO OFF ONE’S NAPPER to go mad → 1984 sl. (Bk.)
► GOOF OFF to go mad → 1940s sl.
► GO TROPPO to go crazy or mad → 1943 Aust. sl.
► HAVE AN ANGLE-TWITCH IN THE BONNET to be not quite sane (angle-twitch = worm) → 1876 Eng. dial.
► HAVE BATS IN THE BELFRY to be mad or eccentric → 1911 UK sl.
► HAVE RATS IN ONE’S GARRET to be mad or mentally unstable → 1842
► HAVE RATS IN THE ATTIC to be mad or mentally unstable → 2005
► HAVE THE DINGBATS to be mad, stupid, or eccentric → 1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
► MANG to bewilder, to lead astray; to be bewildered; to go mad → c1440 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► NUT OUT to go mad, whether literally or metaphorically → 1967 African-American sl.
► PLAY THE NUT ROLE to pretend to madness → 1992 African-American sl.
► PSYCH OUT to be or become mad → 1970 sl.
► RAAZE to infuriate, to madden → 1825 Sc. obs.
► RAGE to go mad; to be mad; to act madly or foolishly → a1300 obs.
► RAISE to excite, to madden; to vex → 1768 chiefly Sc.
► REAR UP ► REAR UP ON ONE’S HIND LEGS to become irritated, mad, or angry → 1842 Amer. dial.
► SHAM ABRAM to feign madness; to feign sickness → 1909 cant (Bk.)