craziness.html - Sense of humor; understanding jokes. * /Her way of telling the story tickled his funny bone./

craziness.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 tr. (usu. as crazed adj.) make insane (crazed with grief).
2 a tr. produce fine surface cracks on (pottery glaze etc.). b intr. develop such cracks.

--n.

1 a a usu. temporary enthusiasm (a craze for hula hoops). b the object of this.
2 an insane fancy or condition. [ME, orig. = break, shatter, perh. f. ON]

craziness.html - adj.
(crazier, craziest)
1 colloq. (of a person, an action, etc.) insane or mad; foolish.
2 colloq. (usu. foll. by about) extremely enthusiastic.
3 sl. a exciting, unrestrained. b excellent.
4 (attrib.) (of paving, a quilt, etc.) made of irregular pieces fitted together.
5 archaic (of a ship, building, etc.) unsound, shaky.

crazy bone US the funny bone. like crazy colloq. = like mad (see MAD ).

crazily adv. craziness n.

craziness.html - See: HARD NUT TO CRACK or TOUGH NUT TO CRACK.

craziness.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To get obedience or cooperation by threats of punishment. * /If the children won't behave when I reason with them, I have to crack the whip./

craziness.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To open a book in order to study. - Usually used with a negative. * /John did not crack a book until the night before the exam./ * /Many students think they can pass without cracking a book./