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Definition of Like crazy
1. Adverb. With great speed or effort or intensity. "Fought like the devil"
Language type: Colloquialism
Definition of Like crazy
1. Adverb. (simile colloquial) To a great or excessive degree; with great speed, output, enthusiasm, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Like Crazy
Literary usage of Like crazy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... 1978 Brooks and friends are horsing around like crazy —Stanley Kauffmann,
Before My Eyes, 1980 Like in the sense “as” occurs in four constructions, ..."
2. In Quisling's Shadow: The Memoirs of Vidkun Quisling's First Wife, Alexandra by Alexandra Andreevna Voronine Yourieff, W. George Yourieff, Kirsten A. Seaver (2007)
"The day before yesterday we went to the cinema and then to a restaurant, we kidded
around and laughed like crazy. I do not want to dwell on it long, ..."
3. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"... and ran up those engines as fast as we could get them—until the whole plane
would be vibrating like crazy. And then, let 'em loose! ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1898)
"But you — we — got the big-head after that first touch-down and played like crazy
men. Now, all you 've got to do is to be steady and cautious. ..."
5. Multiple Personality: An Experimental Investigation Into the Nature of Human by Boris Sidis, Simon Philip Goodhart (1905)
"They are like crazy people, mad devils." At this point I asked the patient while
in the deep hypnotic state to give a complete account of the insane woman ..."
6. Phemie Frost's Experiences by Ann Sophia Stephens (1874)
"... the twisted horns, the drums and things, like crazy creatures, and the way
the music rose, and swelled, and thundered out was enough to drive one crazy. ..."
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