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GAGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gaga mean?
• GAGA (adjective)
The adjective GAGA has 2 senses:
1. mentally or physically infirm with age
2. intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
Familiarity information: GAGA used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mentally or physically infirm with age
Synonyms:
doddering; doddery; gaga; senile
Context example:
his mother was doddering and frail
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
Synonyms:
Context example:
gaga over the rock group's new album
Similar:
enthusiastic (having or showing great excitement and interest)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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