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crazy
English
Etymology
From craze +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?e?zi/
- Rhymes: -e?zi
Adjective
crazy (comparative crazier, superlative craziest)
- (obsolete) Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle. [16th–19th c.]
- 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 203:
- Buchanan shewed her into a room adjoining to Mr. Steele's dressing-room, and separated from it by a very crazy partition.
- 1816, Francis Jeffrey, "Memoirs of Madame de Larochejaquelein", in The Edinburgh Review February 1816
- They […] got a crazy boat to carry them to the island.
- 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 203:
- (obsolete) Sickly, frail; diseased. [16th–19th c.]
- 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
- Over moist and crazy brains.
- One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
- c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin 1990, p. 61:
- My poor aunt has often told me […] how long she herself was apprehensive lest my crazy frame, which is now of common shape, should remain for ever crooked and deformed.
- 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
- Of unsound mind; insane, demented. [from 17th c.]
- Out of control.
- Very excited or enthusiastic.
- 1864, R. B. Kimball, Was He Successful?
- The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.
- 1864, R. B. Kimball, Was He Successful?
- In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
- (informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
Synonyms
- Thesaurus:insane
- (out of control): off the chain, nutso
- (insane; lunatic; demented): deranged, loco, nutso, zany
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
crazy (comparative more crazy, superlative most crazy)
- (slang) Very, extremely.
Translations
Noun
crazy (countable and uncountable, plural crazies)
- An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
- Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Now drink up, you knuckleheads! Have a blast! It's our night, you crazies! Chloe, where are you?
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
- (slang, uncountable) Eccentric behaviour; lunacy.
Synonyms
- (insane or eccentric person): lunatic, mad man, nut ball, nut case, nutso, psychopath
Translations
See also
- crazy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
crazy From the web:
- what crazy things happened in 2020
- what crazy holiday is today
- what crazy mean
- what crazy stuff happened in 2020
- what crazy day is today
- what crazy things happened in 2016
- what crazy games
- what crazy laws are still on the books
funny
English
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: f?n??, IPA(key): /?f?ni/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?ni/, /?f?n?/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /?f?n?/
- Rhymes: -?ni
Etymology 1
From fun +? -y.
Adjective
funny (comparative funnier, superlative funniest)
- Amusing; humorous; comical. [from the mid-18th c.]
- When I went to the circus, I only found the clowns funny.
- Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant. [from the early 19th c.]
- The milk smelt funny so I poured it away.
- I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
- (Britain, informal) Showing unexpected resentment.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:funny
- See also Thesaurus:strange
Derived terms
Related terms
- fun
Translations
Noun
funny (plural funnies)
- (informal) A joke.
- (informal) A comic strip.
Translations
Adverb
funny (not comparable)
- (nonstandard) In an unusual manner; strangely.
Etymology 2
Perhaps a jocular use of funny. See above.
Noun
funny (plural funnies)
- (Britain) A narrow clinker-built boat for sculling.
Translations
funny From the web:
- what funny movie should i watch
- what funny holiday is today
- what funnymike number
- what funny movies are on netflix
- what funny gif
- what funny questions to ask siri
- what funny memes
- what funny national day is it today
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