go ballistic

2 definitions found

go ballistic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ballistic \Bal*lis"tic\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling
        stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Pertaining to ballistics[2], or to a projectile in a
        gravitational field.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     3. frenzied; very angry; -- used mostly in the phrase
  
     go ballistic. [Colloq.]
        [PJC]
  
     Ballistic pendulum, an instrument consisting of a mass of
        wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for
        measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means
        of the arc through which their impact impels it.
        [1913 Webster]

go ballistic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  go ballistic
      v 1: get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor
           combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very
           elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic" [syn:
           flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof,
           hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust,
           blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig,
           lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic]