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4 VERB [only cont] If you say that a place is crawling with people or animals, you are emphasizing that it is full of them. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ [V + with ] This place is crawling with police.

5 N‑SING The crawl is a kind of swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, swinging one arm over your head, and then the other arm.

6 PHRASE If something makes your skin crawl or makes your flesh crawl , it makes you feel shocked or disgusted. □  I hated this man, his very touch made my skin crawl.

7 → see also kerb-crawling , pub crawl

crawl|er /krɔː lə ^r / (crawlers ) N‑COUNT A crawler is a computer program that visits websites and collects information when you do an internet search. [COMPUTING ]

cray|fish /kre I f I ʃ/ (crayfish ) N‑COUNT A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.

cray|on /kre I ɒn/ (crayons ) N‑COUNT A crayon is a pencil containing coloured wax or clay, or a rod of coloured wax used for drawing.

craze /kre I z/ (crazes ) N‑COUNT If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time. □  Walking is the latest fitness craze.

crazed /kre I zd/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Crazed people are wild and uncontrolled, and perhaps insane. [WRITTEN ] □  A crazed gunman slaughtered five people last night.

-crazed /-kre I zd/ COMB -crazed combines with nouns to form adjectives that describe people whose behaviour is wild and uncontrolled because of the thing the noun refers to. □  …a drug-crazed killer.

cra|zi|ly /kre I z I li/

1 ADV [ADV after v] If something moves crazily , it moves in a way or in a direction that you do not expect. [WRITTEN ] □  The ball bounced crazily over his shoulder into the net.

2 → see also crazy

cra|zy ◆◇◇ /kre I zi/ (crazier , craziest , crazies )

1 ADJ If you describe someone or something as crazy , you think they are very foolish or strange. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  People thought they were all crazy to try to make money from manufacturing. □  That's why he's got so caught up with this crazy idea about Mr. Trancas. ●  cra|zi|ly ADV [ADV after v, ADV adj] □  The teenagers shook their long, black hair and gesticulated crazily.

2 ADJ Someone who is crazy is insane. [INFORMAL ] □  If I sat home and worried about all this stuff, I'd go crazy. □  He strides around the room beaming like a crazy man. ● N‑COUNT Crazy is also a noun. □  Outside, mumbling, was one of New York's ever-present crazies.

3 ADJ If you are crazy about something, you are very enthusiastic about it. If you are not crazy about something, you do not like it. [INFORMAL ] □ [+ about ] He's still crazy about both his work and his hobbies. ● COMB Crazy is also a combining form. □  This city is football-crazy and deserves a top side.

4 ADJ If you are crazy about someone, you are deeply in love with them. [INFORMAL ] □ [+ about ] None of that matters, because we're crazy about each other.

5 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If something or someone makes you crazy or drives you crazy , they make you extremely annoyed or upset. [INFORMAL ] □  This sitting around is driving me crazy. □  When Jock woke up and found you gone he went crazy.

6 PHRASE You use like crazy to emphasize that something happens to a great degree. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □  The stuff was selling like crazy.

cra |zy pa v|ing N‑UNCOUNT Crazy paving is pieces of stone of different shapes fitted together to make a path or flat area.