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outcrazy

outcrazy verb: to surpass in craziness; to be more wild or erratic than.

Verb

outcrazy (third-person singular simple present outcrazies, present participle outcrazying, simple past and past participle outcrazied)

  1. (slang, transitive) To surpass in craziness; to be more wild or erratic than.
    • Trying to always outcrazy your opponent is a North Korean specialty. Now, Putin has adopted it, announcing with great fanfare that Russia is annexing four Ukrainian regions: […]2022 September 30, Thomas L. Friedman, “What Putin’s ‘Outcrazy Your Opponent’ Strategy Means for the World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • So now Israel believes it must restore its deterrence by proving that it can outcrazy Hamas’s latest craziness.2023 October 14, Thomas L. Friedman, “Why Israel Is Acting This Way”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of outcrazy

third-person singular presentoutcrazies
present participleoutcrazying
past participleoutcrazied
pastoutcrazied

Origin of outcrazy

From out- + crazy.

Questions about outcrazy

What does outcrazy mean?
Outcrazy means to surpass in craziness; to be more wild or erratic than.
What part of speech is outcrazy?
Outcrazy is a verb.
What is the past tense of outcrazy?
The past tense of outcrazy is outcrazied.

Words near outcrazy in the dictionary

  1. outcrawled
  2. outcrawling
  3. outcrawls
  4. outcrazied
  5. outcrazies
  6. outcrazy
  7. outcrazying
  8. outcreep
  9. outcreeped
  10. outcreeping
  11. outcreeps

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