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/kray"zee/, adj., crazier, craziest, n., pl. crazies.adj.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.11. 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.n.12. Slang. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball: a house full of crazies who wear weird clothes and come in at all hours.13. 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.[1570-80; CRAZE + -Y1]
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