Usually means: Insanely irrational or extremely eccentric.
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  1. barking mad: Merriam-Webster
  2. barking mad: Collins English Dictionary
  3. barking mad: Wiktionary
  4. Barking mad: World Wide Words
  5. barking mad: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. barking mad: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (British, New Zealand, informal) Completely insane.

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spitting mad, stark raving mad, batshit, crazy-ass, crazy as a bedbug, bazonkers, becrazed, bunta, plumb crazy, hopping mad, more...

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spitting mad, stark raving mad, batshit, crazy-ass, crazy as a bedbug, bazonkers, becrazed, bunta, plumb crazy, hopping mad, more...



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