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Definition of to fly off the handle

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'angry, annoyed, offended':

Definitions include: excited.
Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
Definitions include: very angry.
Definitions include: aggravation.
Definitions include: to become upset.
Definitions include: angry.
Definitions include: Said if someone is confused, mad, or if someone just did something really stupid, they're drove.
Definitions include: See butt-hurt.
Definitions include: annoyed, angry, upset, disappointed.
Definitions include: sexually aroused.
Definitions include: extremely fun; exciting; wild.
Definitions include: anger experienced while driving, due to other drivers.
Definitions include: an angered glance.
Definitions include: angry.
Definitions include: Used in the expression, "What, am I wood?" which means "Don't ignore me"; "Don't act like I have no feelings"; etc.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'fly':

Definitions include: in a straight line.
Definitions include: a person who frequents bars.
Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.
Definitions include: to die with others in a large group, usually within a short span of time.
Definitions include: sneakers.
Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
Definitions include: When the back top of a female's thong is visible above her pants. "Look at that girl at the bar, she's totally flying a kite"
Definitions include: adjective.
Definitions include: more fly.
Definitions include: to have the zipper on one's trousers unzipped.
Definitions include: to do something completely by one's self.
Definitions include: a heterosexual with many homosexual friends.
Definitions include: to care.
Definitions include: an angry retort.
Definitions include: to not hide what makes a person a freak or makes a person be perceived as a freak.

Other terms relating to 'handle':

Definitions include: a bottle of liquor that has a handle.
Definitions include: good dribbling skills with a basketball.
Definitions include: subcutaneous fat deposits on the external oblique muscles of the abdomen - i.e. fat on one's sides.

Other terms relating to 'off':

Definitions include: what was previously expected to happen may not.
Definitions include: large buttocks.
Definitions include: to move away from.
Definitions include: to masturbate.
Definitions include: to get out of a prior obligation by asking.
Definitions include: to take on a situation one can't master.
Definitions include: to reprimand.
Definitions include: to ignore another person(s) in a rude manner.
Definitions include: to get rid of aggression or anger.
Definitions include: to do something to get rid of negative emotions.
Definitions include: to cheat on one's spouse.
Definitions include: to bore one.
Definitions include: to suggest ideas to another person to get feedback.
Definitions include: annoyed, very cross.
Definitions include: to end a relationship.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

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