craic
Good times, Irish-style
Craic is an Irish English word for fun, entertainment, and lively conversation, especially in social settings like pubs.
It often implies a particular atmosphere of warmth and good humor: The craic was mighty last night.
To ask What's the craic? is to inquire about news or how things are going, similar to What's up?
The word spread beyond Ireland through Irish diaspora communities and has become associated with Irish cultural identity.
Quick, clever conversation
- witClever, inventive humor
- jokesHumorous remarks or stories
- quipsBrief witty remarks
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
ribbing · sarcasm · jesting · wordplay · wisecracks · puns · gags · playful
Licensed drinking establishment
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- bodhranIrish goatskin drum
Guinness · session · storytelling · Ireland · Celtic · Dublin · folklore · trad
Exchange of spoken ideas
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- chatInformal verbal exchange
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- nightlifeEvening entertainment culture
clubbing · bars · party · dancing · music · friends · atmosphere · mingling
Amusement or pleasure
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- entertainmentAgreeable diversion of attention
- amusementPleased entertainment state
- enjoymentState of relishing something
gaiety · revelry · jollity · levity · cheerfulness · delight · lightheartedness · frolic
repartee
Quick, clever conversation
teasing · ribbing · sarcasm · jesting · wordplay · wisecracks · puns · gags · playful · chaff
pub
Licensed drinking establishment
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
bodhran · Guinness · session · storytelling · Ireland · Celtic · Dublin · folklore · trad · blarney
conversation
Exchange of spoken ideas
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- chatInformal verbal exchange
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
nightlife · clubbing · bars · party · dancing · music · friends · atmosphere · mingling · banter
fun
Amusement or pleasure
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- entertainmentAgreeable diversion of attention
- amusementPleased entertainment state
enjoyment · gaiety · revelry · jollity · levity · cheerfulness · delight · lightheartedness · frolic · playfulness
lively
Animated and energetic
good · brilliant · animated · spirited · vibrant · bustling · electric · hopping · happening · banging
- IrelandDublin, Cork, Irish, leprechaun, Galway
- Irish cultureshamrock, shamrocks, leprechaun, leprechauns, Celtic cross
- Regional Slangy'all, bless your heart, cattywampus, ope, you betcha
- Irish Gaelicfocal, cat, bean, teach, la
- CelticIreland, druid, Scotland, Wales, Gaelic
- Celtic Folkjigs, reels, bodhrán, Irish jig, Irish jigs
craicboredom
Weary disinterest from monotony
dullness · tedium · monotony · dreariness · lifelessness
craicsilence
Total lack of sound
awkward silence · awkwardness · dead air · serious · stiffness
craicmisery
Intense prolonged distress
gloom · solemnity · seriousness · glumness · joylessness
- crack upLaugh uncontrollably
- cracking upLaughing until helpless
- crack of dawnEarliest morning light
- crack openBreak to reveal contents
- cracked openPartially forced apart
- crack downEnforce rules more strictly
crack, cracked, crackers, cracker, cracking, crackling, firecracker, crackles, crackdown