crazy : Idioms & Phrases
Crazy bone
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noun a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone
funny bone.
- the funny bone is not humerus
WordNet
- the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; called also
funny bone .
Webster 1913
crazy glue
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noun a commercial brand of epoxy glue
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crazy horse
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noun a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)
Tashunca-Uitco.
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crazy house
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noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
cuckoo's nest; Bedlam; snake pit; loony bin; booby hatch; madhouse; nuthouse; funny farm; sanatorium; nut house; funny house.
WordNet
Crazy quilt
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noun a patchwork quilt without a design
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- a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.
Webster 1913
crazy weed
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noun any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock
crazyweed; locoweed.
WordNet
like crazy
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adverb with great speed or effort or intensity
like sin; like the devil; like mad; like thunder; like hell.
- drove like crazy
- worked like hell to get the job done
- ran like sin for the storm cellar
- work like thunder
- fought like the devil