Usually means: Become extremely angry or upset.
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  1. hit the ceiling: Merriam-Webster
  2. hit the ceiling: Vocabulary.com
  3. hit the ceiling: Wiktionary
  4. hit the ceiling: Dictionary.com
  5. hit the ceiling: Rhymezone
  6. hit the ceiling: FreeDictionary.org
  7. hit the ceiling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. hit the ceiling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hit the ceiling: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hit the ceiling: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hit the ceiling: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (Hit the ceiling)

verb:  Alternative form of hit the roof [(idiomatic) To be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.]

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