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like crazy/mad like crazyWith 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.See also: crazy, likelike madWith great intensity or speed. These mosquito bites are itching like mad! Now that there's the threat of a snowstorm, shoppers have been buying shovels and salt like mad.See also: like, madlike 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.See also: crazy, likelike crazyAlso, 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. See also: crazy, likelike ˈcrazy/ˈmad (informal) very fast, hard, etc: running/working like crazySee also: crazy, like, madlike 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. See also: crazy, likelike mad verbSee like crazySee also: like, mad like crazy Informal To an exceeding degree: They were running around like crazy.See also: crazy, like like mad Informal 1. Wildly; impetuously: drove like mad.2. To an intense degree or great extent: worked like mad; snowing like mad.See also: like, mad |