1 done quickly and with a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized:
a frantic dash / search / struggle * They made frantic attempts to revive him. * Things are frantic in the office right now. * They worked with frantic haste.
2 unable to control your emotions because you are extremely frightened or worried about sth:
frantic with worry * Let's go back. Your parents must be getting frantic by now. * The children are driving me frantic (= making me very annoyed).
frantically adverb:
They worked frantically to finish on time.
