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cray¹

  • /kɹæɪ/

Rhymes with -eɪ

Where it comes from

Clipping of crayfish.

noun crays

  1. A crayfish or lobster. The third stage occurs when the crays moult into miniature adults. They are now completely independent of the mother and leave her permanently after a week or so.

cray²

  • /kɹæɪ/

Rhymes with -eɪ

Where it comes from

Clipping of crazy, with -y to clarify pronunciation. Compare vacay (“vacation”).

adjective more cray · most cray

  1. slang Crazy. That small of a fine for that kind of blatant disregard is cray.

Cray³

Where it comes from

* As an Irish surname, from ó Craobhaigh, a byname from craobhach (“branched”). Compare Creevy.

* As an English surname, from the River Cray, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *garwos (“rough”).

* As a German surname, Americanized from Krey, Kray.

* As a Dutch surname, variant of Kraai, from kraai (“crow”).

proper noun Crays

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A short river in Greater London which flows into the River Darent.
  3. countable, uncountable A community (civil parish) in southern Powys, Wales.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cry, krai, crawdad, crabfish, crawlfish, crayfisherman, crawldad, crayfisher, crawdaddy, crayfishing, crayfish, marbled crayfish, crayboat, crawfish, crayfishery, crayman

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@misc{cray_2026,
  title = {cray},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cray},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}