cray

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of crayfish.

Noun

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cray (plural crays)

  1. 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.
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of crazy, with -y to clarify pronunciation. Compare vacay (vacation).

Adjective

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cray (comparative more cray, superlative most cray)

  1. (slang) Crazy.
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Manx

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish cré, Old Irish cré, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess; compare Latin crēta. Gaelic cognates include Scottish Gaelic crè and Irish cré.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cray f

  1. clay

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cray chray gray
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.