one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
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berserk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | berserker |
| Type of | norse, northman, scandinavian |
Examples of berserk
berserk
Every week, Hardy is performing some daredevil move that has fans going berserk.
From the orlandosentinel.com
We tried to outrun them on the surface when our sensors went completely berserk.
From the en.wikipedia.org
On a day for presumption, then, and celebration, the Cougars should go berserk.
From the sltrib.com
Brian's life is complicated by a berserk madman who ambushes him with assaults.
From the denverpost.com
The American photographer I was with went berserk-his cameras were in the back.
From the economist.com
There's both eye and mind candy in this cleverly berserk spawn of Blade Runner.
From the time.com
Sure enough, when the female nibbled the prawns, the male wrasse went berserk.
From the time.com
For those of us who live here, it is like a very bad scifi movie gone berserk.
From the guardian.co.uk
Like Michael storming out of practice or Horace upset or Rodman going berserk.
From the latimes.com
- Amuck: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows"
- Berserker: one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
- Berserk! (1967) is a thriller feature film starring Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, and Judy Geeson in a macabre mother and daughter tale about a circus plagued with murders. The screenplay was written by Herman Cohen and Aben Kandel, and the film directed by Jim O'Connolly. Berserk! ...
- Berserk is a young adult novel by Ally Kennen, published in 2007. It has been shortlisted for the 2008 Manchester Book Award and longlisted for the 2008 Carnegie Medal. Like Beast and Bedlam, there will be a new edition of the book in May which features a new cover.
- Berserkers (or berserks) were Norse warriors who are reported in the Old Norse literature to have fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the English word berserk. Berserkers are attested in numerous Old Norse sources. ...
- A crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy; Injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control
- Frenzied violence or destruction, as in wild and unrestrained abandon ... often expressed as "going tropical" or "going bananas". ...
- (ber ZURK) adj. 1. Destructively or frenetically violent. 2. Deranged.
- A nordic war tribe that was said to be able to change into bears in a fight. The word translates to "skin of a bear", probably bear pelts were part of their war clothes.
