crazy bone 名詞
Cra·zy a.
1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
Piles of mean andcrazy houses. --Macaulay.
One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. --Addison.
They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. --Jeffrey.
2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.
Over moist and crazy brains. --Hudibras.
3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]
The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. --R. B. Kimball.
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.
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Fun·ny a. [Compar. Funnier superl. Funniest.] Droll; comical; amusing; laughable; inciting laughter.
Funny bone. See crazy bone, under Crazy.
crazy bone
n : 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" [syn: funny bone]