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CRAZY

 mentally ill
They  stared at me as if I was crazy.
 Now usually regarded as a demeaning or offensive use
a. unsound of mind; mentally unbalanced or deranged; psychopathic; insane
b. of or for an insane person
 Extremely angry.
‘the noise was driving me crazy’
 foolish, wild, fantastic, not sensible
The idea is as crazy as the rest of this business!
‘It would be crazy to run down stocks below the level at which they can be quickly replenished.’
If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
 to a great degree; very intensely.
If you do something like crazy, you do a lot of it:
They were  working  like crazy to get the job done on time.
 in a very fast or unrestrained way.
another driver, who was driving like crazy, ran him off the road
Mark’s  working  like crazy  to get the house painted by the end of the week.
 Unexpected; surprising.
The game had a crazy ending
 Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
She went out of her mind  crazy when Annie disappeared.
  cool. 
This stuff is  really crazy, man.  I love it!
 Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement:
The crowd at the game went crazy.
 Immoderately fond; infatuated:
She was crazy about boys.
 Intensely involved or preoccupied:
He is crazy about cars and racing.
 Intensely annoyed or irritated:
It makes me crazy when you don't tell me you're going to be late.
 In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
If you are crazy about someone, you are deeply in love with them.
Why is she so crazy about him?
 If you are crazy about something, you are very enthusiastic about it. If you
are not crazy aboutsomething, you do not like it.
I was crazy about baseball when I was seven.
 Disorderly or askew: 
One of the old window shutters hung at a crazy angle.
 Extremely; very: That restaurant's always crazy busy on weekends, but it's worth the wait.
 to act in a way that is out of control : to act wildly 
We were just talking when he suddenlywent crazy and started screaming and breaking
things.
 very interested in girls/boys 
He's  girl crazy  and can't keep his mind on his schoolwork.
 appearing foolish or strange but actually very clever [ CRAZY LIKE A FOX ]

He was old but smart. "Crazy like a fox" was the way she described him.

 Insane or dumb [crazy in the head] 


Be  quiet, Jed. You are just crazy  in  the head. Am I crazy in the head, or  did  I just see someone
walking a  leopard  on a leash?
 Acutely anxious, restless, irritable, irrational, and/or depressed from remaining for to
o long in an unstimulating,confined, and/or isolated environment [stir crazy]
( "Stir" in this usage is a slang word for prison. )
We thought taking our familyvacation in a tiny cottage out in the country would be a nic
e break from city life, but we all went a bit stir-crazy after afew days. 
 [crazy as a loon crazy as a betsy bug *crazy as a peach, orchard boar]
 acting as if insane. 
Tom:  Susan  says she's really the Queen of England. Bill: She's crazy as a betsybug. 
be as crazy, rich, etc. as they come = to be very crazy, rich, etc
crazy bone the ulnar nerve in the elbow.
crazy-eights A card game in which players try to rid themselves of their cards by playing a
matching rank or suit on the previous card played, having to draw an additional card if unable to do
this; a player who plays an eightcan dictate the suit to be played next.
crazy golf - a type of golf game played for entertainment on a small course (= playing area),
where players try to hit balls into holes that each have different features and obstacles 
(= objects that block the way):
crazy paving - a hard surface for paths made with broken pieces of stoneor concrete

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