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Meanings of zany in English

Portuguese
idiota
Catalan
idiota
Spanish
idiota

A man who is a stupid incompetent fool.

idiota

Ludicrous, foolish.

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Like a clown.

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Usage of zany in English
1
On the practice courts another really zany Team Murray forfeit going on.
The Guardian
2
Feet prints:The revival of Celia Birtwell and her zany prints continues apace.
The Irish Times
3
So there he caught me lying like a zany on the ground.
Moonfleet
4
She had been so wild and zany when he first met her.
Lightning
5
The tone is as zany and as thoughtful as everything he writes.
The Irish Times
6
I stood staring like a zany, while black anger filled my heart.
Salute to Adventurers
7
But whatever happened to the simple idea of the innocently zany finding love?
The Guardian
8
As the eldest, I would chair the zany conversations and set the agenda.
The Irish Times
9
The resulting game is zany in a way that regular chess never is.
Wired
10
Doing something zany and fun will help you feel more grounded!
The South African
11
This no longer felt like one of my hilarious, zany assignments.
News.com.au
12
Nope, Scott has not decided to make a zany space comedy.
The Guardian
13
A zany, superficial, soufflé that one could barely describe as a medical drama.
The Irish Times
14
Whoever that zany is, he shall not dance at our funeral.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
15
His hair looks zany, as if he just stepped out of a tsunami.
Saving max
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But this was nothing like the zany playground free-for-all of old.
The Guardian
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