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Meaning of "like mad" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIKE MAD

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIKE MAD

like a shag on a rock
like a shot
like a ton of bricks
like anything
like billyo
like cat and dog
like clockwork
like death warmed up
like fun
like fury
like grim death
like hell
like magic
like nobody´s business
like sardines
like stink
like taking candy from a baby
like that
like the devil
like water off a duck´s back

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIKE MAD

barking mad
bemad
grey nomad
half-mad
hebdomad
hopping mad
mad
Muhammad
nomad
seminomad
sex-mad
tamping mad
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad

Synonyms and antonyms of like mad in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «LIKE MAD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «like mad» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of like mad

Translation of «like mad» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIKE MAD

Find out the translation of like mad to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of like mad from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «like mad» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

疯狂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

como locos
570 millions of speakers

English

like mad
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पागल की तरह
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مثل المجنون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

как угорелый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

como louco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাগলের মত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

comme un fou
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seperti gila
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wie verrückt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

狂ったように
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미친 듯이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaya mad
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

như điên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பைத்தியம் போல
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेडा सारखे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deli gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

come un matto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jak szalony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

як очманілий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ca un nebun
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαν τρελοί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soos ´n besetene
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

som galningar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

som en gal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of like mad

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIKE MAD»

The term «like mad» is very widely used and occupies the 15.018 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIKE MAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about like mad

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10 QUOTES WITH «LIKE MAD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word like mad.
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Britt Daniel
I just don't think you can make records easily and have them be great. It's a process. You've got to get really lucky all the time, or you've got to work like mad.
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Richard Dooling
We are still fearful, superstitious and all-too-human creatures. At times, we forget the magnitude of the havoc we can wreak by off-loading our minds onto super-intelligent machines, that is, until they run away from us, like mad sorcerers' apprentices, and drag us up to the precipice for a look down into the abyss.
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Richard Dooling
At times, we forget the magnitude of the havoc we can wreak by off-loading our minds onto super-intelligent machines, that is, until they run away from us, like mad sorcerers' apprentices, and drag us up to the precipice for a look down into the abyss.
4
Bob Geldof
The girls are a complete joy and I love their passion. They argue with me like mad and I love that too.
5
Evan Goldberg
The hardcore fanbase of nerds that live on the Internet are not nearly as powerful as I thought they were. They really, really aren't. They also flip-flop like mad.
6
Charles Jencks
The cell is a city of production centres, each part working away like mad, and it's co-ordinated. Six trillion cells in a body - you can't help but be moved.
7
James Joyce
I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.
8
Ruud van Nistelrooy
When it comes to losing with United, I feel solely responsible for it. I can't help it. My brain will work like mad after a defeat. I want to know where I have made the wrong decisions, how I could have changed things for this fantastic club.
9
David Prowse
I do remember smiling quite a bit inside it though since I knew it wouldn't be seen on film - so of course while the poor planet is being blown up I'm smiling and laughing like mad!
10
Agnes Repplier
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIKE MAD»

Discover the use of like mad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to like mad and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Like Mad
Tired? Run-down? Logy? Take this simple test: Drop your present reading material into a glass of water--see how it dissolves into a soggy mess? Now make the same test with a MAD book.
‎1969
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The Mad Art of Caricature!: A Serious Guide to Drawing Funny ...
Multitudes of finished caricatures are augmented by diagrams, reference photos, and process drawings. Most of these are titled with silly puns, lending a lighthearted MAD touch to this seriously instructive volume.
‎2011
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Like Mad
- First trade paperback edition!- Line of Alfred E. Newman action figures now on sale, with the classic "What, Me Worry?" spokesman character dressed as Superman, Batman, The Flash, and Green Lantern.
William M. l Gaines, Albert B. Feldstein, 2004
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
Sauwut: eineSauwutaufjn.haben like mad irrsinnig: wie irrsinnig ... to run/to lie/to steal/... like mad/like a madman/like you wouldn't believe/likea good oneetwas: rennen/rasen/.../draufschlagen/ .../lügen/stehlen/... wienuretwas Sau: ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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Mad Men, Mad World: Sex, Politics, Style, and the 1960s
In a show like Mad Men, though, what happens in each episode follows from what came before and has an impact on what comes after. But I still look at my episode as a thing unto itself, despite those ramifications. When I do multiple shows on ...
Lauren M. E. Goodlad, Lilya Kaganovsky, Robert A. Rushing, 2013
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Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems
But he would then remind us that all those gripping emotional dramas to which we turn for entertainment, whether classical Greek tragedies or contemporary television shows like Mad Men, owe their primary appeal not to the way they engage ...
Rod Carveth, James B. South, 2010
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German/English Dictionary of Idioms
10 hurt like mad, 10 hurt like crazy, 2. 10 run/... like mad, 10 lie one's head 011 l. Das schmerzt wie verrückt! Das ist kaum auszuhalten, sag' ich dir! 2. vgl. 7 rennenlrasenl‚.‚Idraut'schlagenl„./lügenlstehlenl... wie nur etwas (l, 2) wie verrückt ugs ...
Hans Schemann, 2013
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The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Academic ...
G: Um. . .well, like mad. And sometimes when you're mad you make other people mad. And that's kind of because of the ripple effect. . .like you make somebody mad, and then they're mad, so they make somebody mad. F: All right. You said a  ...
Barbara A. Fatum, 2008
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The Trembling Mountain: A Personal Account of Kuru, ...
Robert Klitzman helped establish the links between these rituals and kuru. What he discovered has provided keys to understanding the mysterious Mad Cow Disease, which may become the world's next major epidemic.
Robert Klitzman, 2007
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
We rub the calf like mad and the pain gradually eases. □ Everybody was rushing about like mad. □ They pushed the car like mad to get it moving. □ When I rose at seven the next morning the wind was still blowing like blazes. □ Don 't ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIKE MAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term like mad is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Clues to Target Alzheimer's Found in Proteins - WSJ
Other proteins called prions clump in conditions like mad-cow disease. Treatments are available for the symptoms of Alzheimer's, but they don't ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
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3 lives lost too soon, mothers pursue justice - First Coast News
In addition to their family and friends, organizations like Mad Dads and Compassionate Families came to remember Amber at the vigil. «First Coast News, Jul 15»
3
British Open 2015: Postcard Stories From St. Andrews, July 18 | Golf …
In The Times today, a writer named Rick Broadbent refers to the seagulls that fly over the Old Course like mad MetLife blimps as “sadistic. «Golf.com, Jul 15»
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Designing Lady: Nicole Miller at Home in the Hamptons - Dan's …
Every weekend I came out and I was weeding that thing like mad. We took one week off, we went to Martha's Vineyard, and we came back and ... «Dan's Papers, Jul 15»
5
Dynamo and Sporting Face Added Wrinkle in Open Cup …
Yet they'll fight like mad to continue the pain because glory has no fixed price, and winning is the only salve that truly makes the weariness ... «U.S. Soccer, Jul 15»
6
Wickenburg residents working to put their homes back together af …
“I had towels and everything just stacked up like mad.” But that wasn't enough... “It broke the doggy door through and started coming through ... «FOX 10 News Phoenix, Jul 15»
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Patrick Leddin Ph.D - LinkedIn
Bourbon's recent renaissance has been fueled by everything from television shows like Mad Men (Joan Harris pictured above) to politics. «Pulse, Jul 15»
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Scandinavian Film Festival in Perth - The West Australian - News
You won't see a movie like Mad Max coming out of Sweden.” To that end, the Scandinavian film festival returns with a second helping and an ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
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IS SIX THE NEW EIGHT? - LimaOhio.com - limaohio.com
... “warning” triangle was lit up, the chime was ding-dinging, the lifters were clacking like mad and your daughter just didn't notice any of that. «Lima Ohio, Jul 15»
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'Angry Birds 2' Is Officially Coming This Summer - TV Newsroom
During the intervening six years, Rovio has introduced 14 different mad Birds spinoffs, like mad Birds Rio, mad Birds Space, and mad Birds Star ... «TV Newsroom, Jul 15»

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