crazy

«crazy» in Mova's school dictionary: very silly, wild or strange — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (crazy, crazier, craziest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Crazy means very silly, wild or strange. tree →

2) «Crazy about» something means liking it very much. tree →

3) People also say crazy to mean very, as in «crazy busy». tree →

4) Long ago it meant mentally ill; that use can hurt people. tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: a word of the story only, e.g. «crazy hats» or a «crazy day»; no clue about the numbers; school: crazy hair day, crazy sock day; everyday life: a crazy idea, crazy about football

examples

• She wore a crazy hat to the party. tree →
• The store had a crazy sale. tree →
• Tim made 5 crazy faces. tree →
• It was a crazy busy day at the shop. tree →
• Today is crazy hair day at school. tree →
• He is crazy about dinosaurs. tree →
• That is a crazy idea! tree →
• The puppy ran around like crazy. tree →
• ‘Why, you must be crazy, husband! tree →

note

No clue about the quantities; just colour in the story. Trap: «crazy sale» still needs the stated discount. Be kind: do not call people crazy to hurt them.

In the corpora

• It's enough to drive one crazy!", calls him "perfectly idiotic", and goes in.
• "Mad" in this book means crazy and silly; calling real people "mad" because they are ill is unkind.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «crazy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.