cray-cray

adjective

Crazy.

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Meanings

adjectivecray-cray (comparative more cray-cray, superlative most cray-cray)

comparative more cray-cray · superlative most cray-cray · alternative cra-cra · alternative cray cray

  1. slangCrazy.

    “Are you high?” asked Dove suspiciously. She squinted at Patsy. “Because that's cray-cray.”

    2013, Michele Bardsley, Only Lycans Need Apply, Signet Eclipse, published 2013, →ISBN
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    “Lewis again. The boy cannot get over our breakup. He's like this little puppy dog that follows me around, and it's just driving me cray-cray.”

    2011, Jessica Verday, The Hidden, Simon Pulse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 90

    "What fascinates me about Loki is that there is a glimmer of redemption in him somewhere, that he's not cray-cray (crazy). […]

    2012 April 27, “Hiddleston: There's hope for Loki”, in Belfast Telegraph

    Synonyms: insane

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCrazy.

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Origin

From crazy by shortening and reduplication.

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Translations

Catalan boig
  • boigcrazy
French dérangé
  • dérangécrazy
Italian pazzo
  • pazzocrazy
Latin dēlīrus, īnsānus
  • dēlīruscrazy
  • īnsānuscrazy
Portuguese doido
  • doidocrazy
Spanish zumbado
  • zumbadocrazy
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APA

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Chicago

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