Meanings
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comparative more cray · superlative most cray
- slangCrazy.
That small of a fine for that kind of blatant disregard is cray.
2010 November 23, Cory Giger, “NFL commish slaps Steelers in face with weak punishment of Seymour”, in The Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pennsylvania3 more examples
Before his set, RWD somehow found time to back a quick vodka shot in the Ice Bar downstairs - yes we're aware an ice bar in the desert is cray.
2012 September, “Sharm x Savoy + Kiss = Happy RWD”, in Fazer, number 127, page 80Also, make sure you look both ways first, because the traffic is cray.
2013, Dani Kellner, "20 Things Your Ten Year Old Self Could Do at Cornell", Slope, Spring 2013, page 18“Do you think when hamsters watch us eat, they think we're cute?” “How could they not? I tried to show this amazing vid to my mom. She just stared at me like I was cray. My mom and I don't have much in common anymore. It's, like, a bummer.”
2021 March 28, Janine Brito, “Dance Dance Resolution” (3:51 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 15, spoken by Violet Hart (Jillian Bell)
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plural Crays
- countableuncountableA surname.
- countableuncountableA short river in Greater London which flows into the River Darent.
- countableuncountableA community (civil parish) in southern Powys, Wales.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
cray · adjective
Clipping of crazy, with -y to clarify pronunciation. Compare vacay (“vacation”).
Full word history & related roots →Cray · proper noun
- Proto-Celtic*garwos“rough”
- EnglishCray
* As an Irish surname, from ó Craobhaigh, a byname from craobhach (“branched”). Compare Creevy. * As an English surname, from the River Cray, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *garwos (“rough”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Krey, Kray. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Kraai, from kraai (“crow”).
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Rhymes with cray
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Cite this entry
cray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cray
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