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cray

adj.
C1 Advanced US //ˈkɹeɪ// cray Slang

adj. a shorter way to say 'crazy'. You use it to describe something that is wild, strange, or very surprising.

adj. a clipped form of 'crazy' used to describe something as wild, bizarre, or extreme. Often used in the reduplicated form 'cray cray' for emphasis.


SIMPLE

That party last night was totally cray.

CONTEXTUAL

I cannot believe he actually quit his job without a backup plan; that is just cray.

COMPLEX

The sheer volume of traffic during the holiday weekend was absolutely cray, turning a simple three-hour drive into a day-long ordeal.

Usage

Often follows a linking verb like 'be' or 'get'.

Pitfall

He is a cray person.He is cray.In modern slang, this word is almost always used as a predicative adjective after a verb, rather than before a noun.

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