cray

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɹæɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Etymology 1 === Clipping of crayfish. ==== Noun ==== cray (plural crays) A crayfish or lobster. ===== Derived terms ===== craybait (Australia) crayboat (Australia) crayman (Australia) craypot (Australia) crayweed (Australia) === Etymology 2 === Clipping of crazy, with -y to clarify pronunciation. Compare vacay (“vacation”). ==== Adjective ==== cray (comparative more cray, superlative most cray) (slang) Crazy. 2013, Dani Kellner, "20 Things Your Ten Year Old Self Could Do at Cornell", Slope, Spring 2013, page 18: Also, make sure you look both ways first, because the traffic is cray. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cray. ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:insane. ===== Derived terms ===== cray-cray cray-dar === Anagrams === Cary, cary, racy == Manx == === Etymology === From Middle Irish cré, Old Irish cré, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess; compare Latin crēta. Gaelic cognates include Scottish Gaelic crè and Irish cré. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kreː/ Homophone: crea === Noun === cray f (genitive singular craie, no plural) clay === Mutation ===