Grammar detail: 〜まくる

〜まくる - do something intensely

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verb stem + まくる

means

do something intensely, fiercely, fully, totally etc

On its own, the verb まくる generally means 'turn inside out', and is used for example to describe rolling up ones sleeves. When appended to the stem of a verb, it invokes a sense of doing something frantically and excessively - almost to the point of turning oneself inside out by doing it.

Some common verb combinations include:

する	do	しまくる	do (something) to excess
た食べる	eat	た食べまくる	eat to excess, gobble, pig out
の飲む	drink	の飲みまくる	drink too much
見つめる	look at	見つめまくる	stare fixedly
しゃべる	talk	しゃべりまくる	blather on about, talk to death
あせる	be flustered	あせりまくる	panic

Notice how in each case, the English translation is quite vivid and colloquial, and the Japanese conveys an equivalent sense.

がべらべらしゃべりまくるのには

ってしまう。
Her continuous chatter vexes me.

Historically まくる was written as

まく

捲

る, but since 捲 is a Jinmeiyo kanji rather than a Joyo, this is increasingly uncommon. Note that the right side of 捲 exists in a slightly different form as the Joyo kanji 巻, to roll up.

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