crazy : Idioms & Phrases


Crazy bone

  • 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
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  • 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

  • noun a commercial brand of epoxy glue
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crazy horse

  • 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

  • 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.
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Crazy quilt

  • 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

  • noun any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock
    crazyweed; locoweed.
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like crazy

  • 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
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