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What does stir-crazy mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word stir-crazy? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (idiomatic) Of a prisoner, mentally unbalanced due to prolonged incarceration.
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) Restless, uncomfortable, or impatient due to inactivity or confinement.
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Now, however, at the end of it all, I'm beginning to feel a little stir-crazy, wanting to be out and about.
He likes to pitch often, and he goes a bit stir-crazy when he has to sit out for a couple of days.
Before the race, he feared that he'd go stir-crazy between miles 4 and 26, as he had during practice runs.
After dangling for hours within arms reach of each other, the two PTIs started looking for ways to keep amused to avoid going stir-crazy.
But if I don't get some fresh air and a bit of leg stretching I shall go stir-crazy.
There is only so much simple knitting that a girl can do in a dark colour 4-ply before she starts going stir-crazy.

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