crazy

[ krey-zee ]
/ ˈkreɪ zi /

adjective, cra·zi·er, cra·zi·est.

noun, plural cra·zies.

Slang. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball: a house full of crazies who wear weird clothes and come in at all hours.
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.

Idioms for crazy

    like crazy,
    1. Slang. with great enthusiasm or energy; to an extreme: We shopped like crazy and bought all our Christmas gifts in one afternoon.
    2. with great speed or recklessness: He drives like crazy once he's out on the highway.

Origin of crazy

First recorded in 1570–80; craze + -y1

SYNONYMS FOR crazy

1 crazed, lunatic. See mad.
2 foolish, imprudent, foolhardy.
8 rickety, shaky, tottering.

OTHER WORDS FROM crazy

cra·zi·ly, adverb cra·zi·ness, noun half-cra·zy, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for like crazy

crazy
/ (ˈkreɪzɪ) /

adjective -zier or -ziest

informal insane
fantastic; strange; ridiculous a crazy dream
(postpositive; foll by about or over) informal extremely fond (of)
slang very good or excellent

noun plural crazies

informal a crazy person

Derived forms of crazy

crazily, adverb craziness, noun

Idioms and Phrases with like crazy (1 of 2)

like crazy

Also, like mad; like nobody's business. With exceeding enthusiasm or speed, without restraint. For example, We shopped like crazy and bought all our furniture in one day, or Once he's out of the town limits he drives like mad, or The choir sang the Hallelujah Chorus like nobody's business. The first terms employ crazy and mad in the sense of “lunatic” as a hyperbole for lack of restraint; the third implies that no business could be conducted in such an extraordinary fashion. The first and third date from the 1920s, the second from the mid-1600s.

Idioms and Phrases with like crazy (2 of 2)

crazy