cracky
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English
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English craky, equivalent to crack + -y.
Adjective
[edit]cracky (comparative crackier, superlative crackiest)
- Having lots of cracks.
- (slang) crazy, mad
- I know my idea seems cracky, but it has potential.
- (slang) Resembling or characterised by crack cocaine; addicted to crack
- I don't know if I want to trust her: she looks kinda cracky.
- Well maintained and attractive; sharp.
- 1920, Eugene O'Neill, Beyond the Horizon, Act II, Scene ii, page 111:
- In a couple of years down there I’ll make my pile, see if I don’t; and then I’ll come back and settle down and turn this farm to the crackiest place in the whole state.
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[edit]Noun
[edit]cracky (plural crackies)
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