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With great intensity or speed. Ugh, these mosquito bites are itching like crazy! Now that there's the threat of a snowstorm, shoppers have been buying shovels and salt like crazy.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
like crazy
and like madFig. furiously; very much, fast, many, or actively. People are coming in here like crazy. There isn't enough room for them all. We sold ice cream like crazy. It was a very hot day.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
like crazy
Also, like mad; like nobody's business. With exceeding enthusiasm or speed, without restraint. For example, We shopped like crazy and bought all our furniture in one day, or Once he's out of the town limits he drives like mad, or The choir sang the Hallelujah Chorus like nobody's business. The first terms employ crazy and mad in the sense of "lunatic" as a hyperbole for lack of restraint; the third implies that no business could be conducted in such an extraordinary fashion. The first and third date from the 1920s, the second from the mid-1600s.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
like ˈcrazy/ˈmad
(informal) very fast, hard, etc: running/working like crazySee also: crazy, like, mad
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
like crazy
and like mad mod. furiously; very much, fast, many, or actively. Look at those people on the bank. They’re catching fish like mad! I’m running like mad and still can’t catch up.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
like crazy
Informal To an exceeding degree: They were running around like crazy.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- (that's) a hell of a note
- be on (one's) back
- be on somebody's back
- be on someone's back
- (I'm) sorry I asked
- buttmunch
- butt-munch
- a thing
- a whole thing
- a fire extinguisher