LIKE CRAZY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does like crazy mean? 

• LIKE CRAZY (adverb)
  The adverb LIKE CRAZY has 1 sense:

1. (informal) with great speed or effort or intensity; used for emphasis

  Familiarity information: LIKE CRAZY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIKE CRAZY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(informal) with great speed or effort or intensity; used for emphasis

Synonyms:

like crazy; like hell; like mad; like sin; like the devil; like thunder

Context example:

fought like the devil

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

They limp, they stagger like drunken people, they cry under their breaths; and all the time they say, 'On! on! We will go on!' They are like crazy people.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)