Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Distraught or restless from long confinement in or as if in prison.
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- adjective idiomatic Of a
prisoner , mentallyunbalanced due to prolongedincarceration . - adjective By extension,
restless ,uncomfortable , orimpatient due toinactivity orconfinement .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I think the nigga was getting stir-crazy or something.
Deep Throat Diva Cairo 2011
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I think the nigga was getting stir-crazy or something.
Deep Throat Diva Cairo 2011
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She had given up her job after Andy was born, and found herself going a bit stir-crazy with two small boys.
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The Mall of America … on a Saturday … in the middle of winter when all of the state of Minnesota is looking for indoor fun to appease the stir-crazy munchkins?
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Taking the cue from another Eli (Roth), director Craig goes stir-crazy with viscera-splattered cabin fever.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2010
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You can go back to snowed-in stir-crazy cabin-fever paranoia in a couple of months.
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That was plenty of ammunition for stir-crazy citizens who, when called together by Facebook and Twitter, chose a little civil combat over another three snowbound hours of, well, Facebook and Twitter.
Shades of 'Snowmageddon': Dozens turn Dupont Circle into snowball battleground Steve Hendrix 2011
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I think the nigga was getting stir-crazy or something.
Deep Throat Diva Cairo 2011
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That was plenty of ammunition for stir-crazy citizens who, when called together by Facebook and Twitter, chose a little civil combat over another three snowbound hours of, well, Facebook and Twitter.
Shades of 'Snowmageddon': Dozens turn Dupont Circle into snowball battleground Steve Hendrix 2011
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The Mall of America … on a Saturday … in the middle of winter when all of the state of Minnesota is looking for indoor fun to appease the stir-crazy munchkins?
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