(UK Usage) - Almost Insane, usually in a socially acceptable manner. Often used to describe the behaviour expected of some (rural) old money families and more a likable eccentricity than a true mental disfunction.
By god, their all barking mad, colonel!... See if they'd like to come for supper next week when we have the Hybrid-Smyths over. I think they'll all get on famously.
by lisa_urban May 19, 2008
Furious, apoplectic, absolutely beside oneself with rage. (Imagine a rabid dog, foaming at the mouth and - wait for it! - barking...)
Can also refer to someone who is unbalanced (using "mad" in the British sense, referring to an insane person).
Can also refer to someone who is unbalanced (using "mad" in the British sense, referring to an insane person).
by The Divine Miss M February 23, 2006