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Definition of Like mad
1. Adverb. With great speed or effort or intensity. "Fought like the devil"
Language type: Colloquialism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Like Mad
Literary usage of Like mad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"'Twas like mad jackals. " 'Shtop that blasted noise !' sez O'Hara in the dark,
an' pop goes the room lamp. I cud hear O'Hara runnin' up, an' the rattlin' av ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"like mad, stigmatized as slang by Shaw 1975 and Freeman 1983, appears with some
frequency in general publications as well as in speech: Big city department ..."
3. Journal [Aug. 1, 1832 to July 17, 1833] by Fanny Kemble (1835)
"tually, for they shout and hurrah like mad. * * Wednesday, 17th. Somebody very
civilly has sent me that beautiful book, Roger's Italy : it set me wild again ..."
4. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1868)
"If you do they'll stop again, run back and kick like mad, and then Old Nick
himself wouldn't start 'era. Pugwash, I guess, don't understand the natur' of ..."
5. Memoir of William Francis Bartlett by Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1878)
"It has been a wretched day — raining like mad. Much love to your wife. Yours, in
haste, FRANK. ANNANDALE ON HUDSON, September 12, 1867. ..."
6. To Mexico with Scott: Letters of Captain E. Kirby Smith to His Wife by Ephraim Kirby Smith, Robert Matteson Johnston (1917)
"I have written this with all the officers about me talking like mad to each other
and to me. Major Scott says: " Give my best respects to your wife, ..."
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