craic

[ krak ]

noun

1. Often the craic. fun and entertainment, especially good conversation and company:

   Come for the beer, lads, and stay for the craic!

2. mischievous fun; laughs:

   We did it just for the craic.

craic

/ kræk /

noun

1. an Irish spelling of crack

Word History and Origins

Origin of craic¹

First recorded in 1970–75; from Irish, from English crack, in the originally American sense of “wisecrack,” or from the Scottish English and northern English dialect sense “chat, gossip”

Example Sentences

At Strathdown (eighteenth century) the witches went along the side of the river Avon to Craic-pol-nain, fording the river on foot.

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