cray
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of cray
By shortening or reduplication
Example Sentences
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After that, I’d actually like to head in early because the nighttime downtown gets a little cray cray for me.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2022
In another text message, Mr. Malatras wrote, “Let’s release some of her cray emails!”
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
The dialog is sometimes clunky, and Sara’s teen speak — where being inexplicably pregnant is totally cray — can feel corny and grating.
From The Verge ● Mar. 13, 2019
Woods, river and railroad tracks; free-range roaming, sunburn, snakes, tadpoles, cray fish, filth, mosquito bites.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2018
You’ve got to grab hold of it and cling to it with all your might, no matter how cray cray it might seem.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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