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cray-dar

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The ability to detect whether or not a person is crazy.

slang, uncountable

Examples

“Someone who likes whips and bondage just as much as you will probably be at the party too; I’m sure your cray-dar will start⟳ beeping soon.”
“Turn⟳ on your “cray-dar,” Aquarius. While you love⟳ an eccentric individual, this week you could magnetize people who are truly off their rockers.”
“[…] You put⟳ him right in the crosshairs of my mother's cray-dar, and I suspect⟳ he'll be keeping a very low profile for a while.””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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