CRAY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of cray in English craynoun [ C or U ] uk /kreɪ/ us /kreɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list mainly Australian →  crayfish : rolls stuffed with fresh cray cray fishing   julichka/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Fish & seafood

• abalone
• ahi
• albacore
• American shad
• barramundi
• crawdad
• crawfish
• crayfish
• croquette
• crudo
• lox
• mahi mahi
• marron
• matelote
• meunière
• skipjack tuna
• snow crab
• sockeye salmon
• soft-shell clam
• soft-shell crab

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Sea creatures crayadjective   slang uk /kreɪ/ us /kreɪ/ a short form of "crazy" used by some young people: This is cray. Stupid and silly

• absurd
• absurdity
• absurdly
• adolescent
• against your better judgment idiom
• dizzily
• doltish
• doltishly
• dopey
• dopily
• imprudently
• in his/her/their wisdom idiom
• in someone's infinite wisdom idiom
• inadvisable
• injudicious
• subliterate
• subnormal
• uncritical
• uncritically
• undiscriminating

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in Chinese (Traditional) 淡水鼇蝦（肉）（同 crayfish）, 瘋狂的（crazy 的簡略說法，多用於年輕人中）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 淡水鳌虾（肉）（同 crayfish）, 疯狂的（crazy 的简略说法，多用于年轻人中）… See more in Spanish ástaco, cangrejo de río, loco… See more in Portuguese lagostim, forma abreviada de "crazy":, louco… See more Need a translator?

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