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# crazy

«crazy» in Mova's school dictionary: **very silly, wild or strange** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (crazy, crazier, craziest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Crazy means very silly, wild or strange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#m1)

2) «Crazy about» something means liking it very much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#m2)

3) People also say crazy to mean very, as in «crazy busy». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#m3)

4) Long ago it meant mentally ill; that use can hurt people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a word of the story only, e.g. «crazy hats» or a «crazy day»; no clue about the numbers; school: crazy hair day, crazy sock day; everyday life: a crazy idea, crazy about football

### examples

- She wore a crazy hat to the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#x1)
- The store had a crazy sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#x2)
- Tim made 5 crazy faces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#x3)
- It was a crazy busy day at the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#x4)
- Today is crazy hair day at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#x5)
- He is crazy about dinosaurs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#x6)
- That is a crazy idea! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#x7)
- The puppy ran around like crazy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#x8)
- ‘Why, you must be crazy, husband! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/#x9)

### note

No clue about the quantities; just colour in the story. Trap: «crazy sale» still needs the stated discount. Be kind: do not call people crazy to hurt them.

### In the corpora

- [It's enough to drive one crazy!", calls him "perfectly idiotic", and goes in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/17/)
- ["Mad" in this book means crazy and silly; calling real people "mad" because they are ill is unkind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crazy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crazy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.