Definition
Extremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.
In Context
- "He was hopping mad when he came home and discovered that she had bought a new car without consulting him."
- ""And you hit him? dear old Father Bhaer?" […] "I was hopping mad at the time, and thought I shouldn't mind a bit, rather like it perhaps. But when I'd hit uncle one good crack […] I couldn't go on. […] I felt so mean.""
- "Dora wouldn't help me make pies 'cause she was afraid of messing her clo'es and that made me hopping mad."
- "The biggest press news in Washington last week was that the "White House gang" — the little group of reporters whose beat is covering the President — was hopping mad at Franklin Roosevelt. Most of them felt that the President had played them for suckers and they were no happier when other newsmen rubbed it in."
- "Rhonda L. Gaynier, a New York lawyer, is hopping mad because, she says, getting on an airplane these days means being groped by a stranger."