craic
UK/kɹæk/
craic noun: often preceded by the: amusement, fun, especially through enjoyable company; also, pleasant conversation.
Noun
craic (uncountable)
- Often preceded by the: amusement, fun, especially through enjoyable company; also, pleasant conversation.
- ‘It is a great atmosphere, isn’t it?’ Leon was enthusiastic, not at all cryptic or withdrawn, wholeheartedly enjoying the ‘craic’, as he called it, slapping his hand on the table in time to the bodhrán rhythm from the group singing itself hoarse and unharmonious on the stage.1991, Mary Leland, chapter 10, in Approaching Priests, London: Sinclair-Stevenson, →ISBN, page 172
- "The craic" is how the Irish celebrate life – with music, with laughter, with joy, with old friends (and new friends just waiting to be made). […] Be careful. "The craic" is mighty!1995 September 9, “Dara: Ireland’s Most Successful Record Label [advertisement]”, in Timothy White, editor, Billboard: The International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment, volume 107...
Examples of craic in a sentence
- He nursed bottled water and listened to the accents, the stories, the craic.2007 November 19, Kevin Cullen, “His peace in poetry”, in The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass.: The Globe Newspaper Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
- "Sure, it will be a bit of craic," said Beth, "when's the last time a fortune teller came anywhere near here?"2015, Ben Ritchie, “A Bit of Craic”, in Phil Murphy, editor, Original Writing from Ireland’s Own: An Anthology of the Best Stories from the...
Origin of craic
Variant of crack, respelled after Irish craic (itself a borrowing from English).
Words formed from craic
Phrases with craic
Words that rhyme with craic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- plaque
- whack
- slack
- Cadillac
- swack
- thwack
- pac
- shack
- bivouac
- cack
- clack
- gack
- lack
- smack
- unpack
- wrack
- aback
- flak
- hark back
- mack
- claque
- flack
- knack
- quack
- shellac
- snack
- yak
- Aach
- ack
- gak
- mac
- Meshach
- multitrack
- plack
- snacc
- wack
- akh
- alack
- awrack
- brach
- cac
- Cayman Brac
- Chiraq
- cook back
- diclofenac
- dictionary attack
- dime back
- fac
Questions about craic
- What does craic mean?
- Craic means often preceded by the: amusement, fun, especially through enjoyable company; also, pleasant conversation.
- How do you use craic in a sentence?
- He nursed bottled water and listened to the accents, the stories, the craic.
- What part of speech is craic?
- Craic is a noun.
- How do you pronounce craic?
- Craic is pronounced /kɹæk/ (UK).
Words near craic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: craic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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