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wray | cray |

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

English

Alternative forms

* wreye (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • (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.
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    cray

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A crayfish or lobster.
  • Etymology 2

    From crazy by shortening.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Crazy.
  • * 2010 , Cory Giger, " 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 .
  • * 2012 , " 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 .
  • * 2013 , Dani Kellner, " 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 .
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