crazy

adjective

insane, beyond reason
really like or enjoy, infatuated, passionate, excited

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noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪ.zi/ / /ˈkɹæɪ.zi/

adj

Etymology: From craze (“to crush”) + -y, akin to being "crazed up". Compare cracked up (“suffered a mental breakdown; be insane”), crackpot. Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj).

Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
“His ideas were both frightening and crazy.”
“Those words appearing to be merely the ravings of superannuation, they were not regarded; but when no other traces of Mary could be found, old Andrew went up to consult this crazy dame once more, but he was not able to bring any such thing to her recollection.”
Out of control.
“When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.”
Very excited or enthusiastic.
“He went crazy when he won.”
“The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.”
In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
“Why is she so crazy about him?”
Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
“crazy work”
“The game had a crazy ending.”
Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle.
“Buchanan shewed her into a room adjoining to Mr. Steele's dressing-room, and separated from it by a very crazy partition.”
“Piles of mean and crazy houses.”
Sickly, frail; diseased.
“Over moist and crazy brains.”
“One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.”

adv

Very, extremely.
“That trick was crazy good.”
“I'm crazy tired after today's shift at work.”

noun

An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
“Now drink up, you knuckleheads! Have a blast! It's our night, you crazies! Chloe, where are you?”
Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness.
“Then again, her whole evening was full of crazy, and she didn't know what else to do.”