| Verb | 1. | hit the ceiling - get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit, blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust rage - feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!" | |