outcrazy

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verb

To surpass in craziness; to be more wild or erratic than.

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Meanings

verboutcrazy (third-person singular simple present outcrazies, present participle outcrazying, simple past and past participle outcrazied)

present singular third person outcrazies · participle present outcrazying · participle past outcrazied · past outcrazied

  1. slangtransitiveTo surpass in craziness; to be more wild or erratic than.

    So now Israel believes it must restore its deterrence by proving that it can outcrazy Hamas’s latest craziness.

    2023 October 14, Thomas L. Friedman, “Why Israel Is Acting This Way”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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    Trying to always outcrazy your opponent is a North Korean specialty. Now, Putin has adopted it, announcing with great fanfare that Russia is annexing four Ukrainian regions: […]

    2022 September 30, Thomas L. Friedman, “What Putin’s ‘Outcrazy Your Opponent’ Strategy Means for the World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

From out- + crazy.

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APA

outcrazy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcrazy

MLA

“outcrazy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcrazy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outcrazy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcrazy.

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