cray

[ krey ]

/ kreɪ /

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adjective Slang.

crazy.

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Also cray cray, cray-cray

[krey-krey] /ˈkreɪˌkreɪ/ .

Origin of cray

By shortening or reduplication

Words nearby cray

crawling peg, crawlspace, crawly, craw-thumper, Craxi, cray, crayer, crayfish, Crayola, crayon, craythur

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How to use cray in a sentence

The second upped the ante, taking aim at “cray,” “jelly,” “literally,” “teehee,” and “totes.”
Feminist, Bae, Turnt: Time’s ‘Worst Words’ List Is Sexist and Racist|Samantha Allen|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Online report suggesting that this shiz, though cray cray, does appear to be true.
Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Martin Consciously Couple|Kevin Fallon|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As for the plodding, inky sycophants who fawned upon Mr. Cray's informativeness, Michael regarded them with horror and contempt.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
"Perhaps Fane will recite to us his discovery," said Mr. Cray, scratching his scurfy head with the gnawed end of a penholder.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie

But I have to listen to Cray for eighteen hours every week, and he hates me because I won't take notes for his beastly essays.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
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

Australian and NZ informal a crayfish

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