(crazier, craziest, crazies)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you describe someone or something as ~, you think they are very foolish or strange. (INFORMAL)
People thought they were all ~ to try to make money from manufacturing...
That’s why he’s got so caught up with this ~ idea about Mr. Trancas.
ADJ disapproval
crazily
The teenagers shook their long, black hair and gesticulated crazily...
ADV: ADV after v, ADV adj
2.
Someone who is ~ is insane. (INFORMAL)
If I sat home and worried about all this stuff, I’d go ~...
He strides around the room beaming like a ~ man.
= mad
ADJ
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Crazy is also a noun.
Outside, mumbling, was one of New York’s ever-present crazies.
= loony
N-COUNT
3.
If you are ~ about something, you are very enthusiastic about it. If you are not ~ about something, you do not like it. (INFORMAL)
He’s still ~ about both his work and his hobbies...
= mad
ADJ: v-link ADJ about n
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Crazy is also a combining form.
Every football-~ schoolboy in Europe dreams of one day being involved in the championships.
COMB in ADJ
4.
If you are ~ about someone, you are deeply in love with them. (INFORMAL)
None of that matters, because we’re ~ about each other.
ADJ: v-link ADJ about n
5.
If something or someone makes you ~ or drives you ~, they make you extremely annoyed or upset. (INFORMAL)
This sitting around is driving me ~...
When Jock woke up and found you gone he went ~.
= mad
ADJ: v-link ADJ
6.
You use like ~ to emphasize that something happens to a great degree. (INFORMAL)
The stuff was selling like ~...
= like mad
PHRASE: PHR after v emphasis