crazy bone

Noun
Synonyms: funny bone

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone“the funny bone is not humerus”Synonyms: funny bone
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Crazy \Cra"zy\ (kr[=a]"z[y^]), a. [From Craze.]

1.Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe. [1913 Webster]

Piles of mean andcrazy houses.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island.— Jeffrey.[1913 Webster]

2.Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. [1913 Webster]

Over moist and crazy brains.— Hudibras.[1913 Webster]

3.Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.— R. B. Kimball.[1913 Webster]

Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone.

Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement. [1913 Webster]

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