cray

[ krey ]

adjectiveSlang.

Origin of cray

1
By shortening or reduplication
  • Also cray cray, cray-cray [krey-krey] /ˈkreɪˌkreɪ/ .

Words Nearby cray

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How to use cray in a sentence

  • He took to coming to school in vivid bow-ties that raised Mr. cray's most sarcastic comments.

    Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie
  • In his suite was a tall pyramid of scarlet cray-fish—large ones; as large as one's thumb—delicate, palatable, appetizing.

    Life On The Mississippi, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for cray

cray

/ (kreɪ) /


noun
  1. Australian and NZ informal a crayfish

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