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full gorilla
 adv.— «“He felt better, but it’s not at a level where we can just turn him loose on Saturday,” Manager Mike Scioscia said of Washburn, who threw off a bullpen mound and said he felt only slight discomfort while going “full gorilla,” as he termed it.» —“Angels notebook: Washburn placed on the 15-day DL” by Elliott Teaford Daily Breeze (Torrange, California) Aug. 5, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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