Wray vs Cray - What's the difference?
wray | cray |
(obsolete) To denounce (a person).
(obsolete) To reveal (a secret).
* Late 14th century: no thyng dorste he seye, / Save in his songes somwhat wolde he wreye / His wo — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
(obsolete) To betray.
(slang) Crazy.
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As a verb wray
is (obsolete) to denounce (a person).As a noun cray is
a crayfish or lobster.As an adjective cray is
(slang) crazy.wray
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Alternative forms
* wreye (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
*cray
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Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From crazy by shortening.Adjective
(en adjective)NFL commish slaps Steelers in face with weak punishment of Seymour", The Altoona Mirror (Altoona, Pennsylvania), 23 November 2010:
- That small of a fine for that kind of blatant disregard is cray .
Sharm x Savoy + Kiss = Happy RWD", Fazer , Issue 127, September 2012, page 80:
- Before his set, RWD somehow found time to back a quick vodka shot in the Ice Bar downstairs - yes we're aware an ice bar in the desert is cray .
20 Things Your Ten Year Old Self Could Do at Cornell", Slope , Spring 2013, page 18:
- Also, make sure you look both ways first, because the traffic is cray .