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cra·zy

[krey-zee] Pronunciation Key adjective, -zi·er, -zi·est, noun, plural -zies.

–adjective

1.	mentally deranged; demented; insane.

2.	senseless; impractical; totally unsound: a crazy scheme.

3.	Informal. intensely enthusiastic; passionately excited: crazy about baseball.

4.	Informal. very enamored or infatuated (usually fol. by about): He was crazy about her.

5.	Informal. intensely anxious or eager; impatient: I'm crazy to try those new skis.

6.	Informal. unusual; bizarre; singular: She always wears a crazy hat.

7.	Slang. wonderful; excellent; perfect: That's crazy, man, crazy.

8.	likely to break or fall to pieces.

9.	weak, infirm, or sickly.

10.	having an unusual, unexpected, or random quality, behavior, result, pattern, etc.: a crazy reel that spins in either direction.

–noun

11.	Slang. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball: a house full of crazies who wear weird clothes and come in at all hours.

12.	the crazies, Slang. a sense of extreme unease, nervousness, or panic; extreme jitters: The crew was starting to get the crazies from being cooped up belowdecks for so long.

—Idiom

13.

like crazy,

a.	Slang. with great enthusiasm or energy; to an extreme: We shopped like crazy and bought all our Christmas gifts in one afternoon.

b.	with great speed or recklessness: He drives like crazy once he's out on the highway.

[Origin: 1570–80; craze + -y¹

]

—Related forms

cra·zi·ly, adverb

cra·zi·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. crazed, lunatic. See mad. 2. foolish, imprudent, foolhardy. 8. rickety, shaky, tottering.

—Antonyms 1. sane. 3. calm, dispassionate. 8. stable. 9. strong; healthy.

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cra·zy (krā'zē) Pronunciation Key
adj. cra·zi·er, cra·zi·est

Affected with madness; insane.
Informal Departing from proportion or moderation, especially:
1. Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement: The crowd at the game went crazy.
2. Immoderately fond; infatuated: was crazy about boys.
3. Intensely involved or preoccupied: is crazy about cars and racing.
4. Foolish or impractical; senseless: a crazy scheme for making quick money.

n. pl. cra·zies
One who is or appears insane: "To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'" (Mary McGrory).

cra'zi·ly adv., cra'zi·ness n.

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crazy
adjective
1.	affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" [syn: brainsick]
2.	foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
3.	possessed by inordinate excitement; "the crowd went crazy"; "was crazy to try his new bicycle"
4.	bizarre or fantastic; "had a crazy dream"; "wore a crazy hat"
5.	intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her"
noun
1.	someone deranged and possibly dangerous

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

crazy

In addition to the idioms beginning with crazy, also see drive someone crazy; like crazy.

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Crazy Horse, SD Zip code(s): 57730

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Crazy

Cra"zy\ (kr[=a]"z[y^]), a. [From Craze.]

1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

Piles of mean andcrazy houses. --Macaulay.

One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. --Addison.

They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. --Jeffrey.

2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.

Over moist and crazy brains. --Hudibras.

3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]

The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. --R. B. Kimball.

Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone.

Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.

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