How to pronounce stir-crazy
American English pronunciation
STUR-kray-zee
- IPA
- /ˈstɝˌkɹeɪzi/
- Syllables
- STUR · kray · zee (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What stir-crazy means
Restless and cranky from being stuck indoors too long
In a sentence: After three rainy days inside, the kids were stir-crazy and begging to go out.
Where it comes from: It was first written down around 1925. It joins crazy with stir, an old slang word for a place where people were kept shut in.
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