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cra·zy

Audio Help [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 Audio Help (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

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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈcrazy1 adjective

insane
Example: He must be going crazy; a crazy idea

Arabic:	مَجْنـون
Chinese (Simplified):	疯狂的
Chinese (Traditional):	瘋狂的
Czech:	bláznivý
Danish:	sindssyg; vanvittig; tosset
Dutch:	krankzinnig
Estonian:	hull
Finnish:	hullu
French:	fou
German:	verrückt
Greek:	τρελός
Hungarian:	őrült
Icelandic:	brjálaður
Indonesian:	gila
Italian:	matto, pazzo

Japanese:	狂った
Korean:	미친, 무모한
Latvian:	neprātīgs; jucis; traks
Lithuanian:	pakvaišęs, beprotiškas, pamišėliškas
Norwegian:	gal, vanvittig, tullet
Polish:	pomylony
Portuguese (Brazil):	louco
Portuguese (Portugal):	louco
Romanian:	nebun
Russian:	безумный
Slovak:	bláznivý, pochabý
Slovenian:	nor
Spanish:	loco
Swedish:	tokig, galen
Turkish:	çılgın, deli

ˈcrazy2 adjective

very enthusiastic
Example: She's crazy about her boyfriend.

Arabic:	مُغْرَم، مولَع
Chinese (Simplified):	着迷的
Chinese (Traditional):	著迷的
Czech:	zblázněný (do)
Danish:	tosset med; vild med
Dutch:	dol op
Estonian:	(kellegi järele) hull
Finnish:	hulluna johonkin
French:	fou (de)
German:	verrückt
Greek:	τρελός, ξετρελαμένος
Hungarian:	bele van habarodva
Icelandic:	sem er vitlaus í e-ð
Indonesian:	bersemangat
Italian:	pazzo

Japanese:	熱狂した
Korean:	열광한
Latvian:	stipri aizrāvies
Lithuanian:	pamišęs (dėl), einantis iš proto (dėl)
Norwegian:	helt tullet (etter), vilt begeistret (for)
Polish:	oszalały
Portuguese (Brazil):	louco
Portuguese (Portugal):	louco
Romanian:	înnebunit (după)
Russian:	помешанный
Slovak:	zbláznený (do), pobláznený (do)
Slovenian:	nor (na kaj)
Spanish:	loco de alegría
Swedish:	tokig, galen
Turkish:	düşkün, meraklı

See also: craze

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: cra·zy
Pronunciation: 'krA-zE
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: craz·i·er; -est
: MAD 1, INSANE —cra·zi·ly /-z&-lE/ adverb —cra·zi·ness /-zE-n&s/ noun

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Crazy Horse, SD Zip code(s): 57730

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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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