someone deranged and possibly dangerous
Used in a Sentence
crazy
How to use crazy in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for crazy.
Editorial note
My heart was beating like crazy the entire time.
Examples11
Definitions6
Parts of speech2
Quick take
someone deranged and possibly dangerous
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of crazy gathered in one view.
affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for crazy.
noun
someone deranged and possibly dangerous
adjective
affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
See also: brainsick, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
adjective
foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
See also: half-baked, screwball, softheaded
adjective
possessed by inordinate excitement; "the crowd went crazy"; "was crazy to try his new bicycle"
adjective
bizarre or fantastic; "had a crazy dream"; "wore a crazy hat"
adjective
intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her"
Example sentences
My heart was beating like crazy the entire time.
[2] At amazon they have this crazy idea that engineers should have pagers.
Whereupon we all turned to Jessica, who is usually the one who talks us out of doing crazy things.
Most recently I've re-written this system in Go and am working through some crazy performance issues there.
Amazon is all but transparent and it has been growing like crazy during the last 6-8 years thanks to this exact strategy.
> Is there some sort of crazy game of one-upmanship in the USA as to who can drive the most impractical gas guzzler?Not at all.
I am a bad ass writer and have a crazy resume, but more importantly I know how to craft resumes and I'll look at yours and help you fix it up.\n3.
Growing up he was crazy, creative, always saw things a little differently, prone to manic behavior.
Is there some sort of crazy game of one-upmanship in the USA as to who can drive the most impractical gas guzzler?First it was stretch limos, then Hummers, then Hummer stretch limos.
There's also some other crazy markets; an engineer I worked with in television installed a bunch of early 4K monitors, the ~$20k ones, in an air traffic control tower.
I learned a crazy amount of JavaScript, some pretty advanced debugging / performance profiling techniques, and even gave some talks.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use crazy in a sentence?
My heart was beating like crazy the entire time.
What does crazy mean?
someone deranged and possibly dangerous
What part of speech is crazy?
crazy is commonly used as noun, adjective.