crazy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with

   crazy about cars and racing

2. 2
   adj

   possessed by inordinate excitement

   the crowd went crazy

3. 3
   adj

   bizarre or fantastic

   had a crazy dream

4. 4
   adj

   Of unsound mind; insane; demented.

   His ideas were both frightening and crazy.

5. 5
   adj

   Out of control.

   When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.

6. 6
   adj

   Very excited or enthusiastic.

   He went crazy when he won.

7. 7
   adj

   In love; experiencing romantic feelings.

   Why is she so crazy about him?

8. 8
   adj

   Very unexpected; wildly surprising.

   The game had a crazy ending.

Etymology

From craze (“to crush”) + -y, akin to being "crazed up". Compare cracked up (“suffered a mental breakdown; be insane”), crackpot. Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj).