cray
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See also: Cray
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
cray (plural crays)
- A crayfish or lobster.
- 2012, Robert B. McCormack, A Guide to Australia's Spiny Freshwater Crayfish, page 47:
- The third stage occurs when the crays moult into miniature adults. They are now completely independent of the mother and leave her permanently after a week or so.
Derived terms[edit]
- craybait (Australia)
- crayboat (Australia)
- crayman (Australia)
- craypot (Australia)
- crayweed (Australia)
Etymology 2[edit]
Clipping of crazy, with -y to clarify pronunciation. Compare vacay (“vacation”).
Adjective[edit]
cray (comparative more cray, superlative most cray)
- (slang) Crazy.
- 2010 November 23, Cory Giger, “NFL commish slaps Steelers in face with weak punishment of Seymour”, in The Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pennsylvania:
- That small of a fine for that kind of blatant disregard is cray.
- 2012 September, “Sharm x Savoy + Kiss = Happy RWD”, in Fazer, number 127, page 80:
- Before his set, RWD somehow found time to back a quick vodka shot in the Ice Bar downstairs - yes we're aware an ice bar in the desert is cray.
- 2013, Dani Kellner, "20 Things Your Ten Year Old Self Could Do at Cornell", Slope, Spring 2013, page 18:
- Also, make sure you look both ways first, because the traffic is cray.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cray.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:insane.