crack-up
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Synonyms & Antonyms for crack-up
Synonyms: Noun
breakdown, nervous breakdown, tailspin
Synonyms: Verb
acclaim, accredit, applaud, cheer, hail, laud, praise, salute, tout
Antonyms: Verb
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that sports car isn't all it's cracked up to be the movie is being cracked up as the blockbuster of the summerRecent Examples on the Web: Verb
Go through each other's high school yearbooks and crack up at your mutually regrettable haircut decisions. — Gena Kaufman, Glamour, "21 Rainy-Day Date Ideas That Aren't Another Movie," 30 Mar. 2019 The honest moment had her fellow coaches and the show's audience cracking up. — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, "'The Voice' Coaches Kelly Clarkson and Adam Levine Bonded Over the Grossest Habit," 17 Mar. 2019 Embracing during the London Olympics, recreating Princess Diana’s stunning portrait at the Taj Mahal, cracking up during a running race. — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, "Happy Birthday Kate Middleton! A Look Back at Her Life, and Romance, With Prince William," 9 Jan. 2019 The next round of the streaming revolution may be not be all it was cracked up to be either. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "Hollywood vs. #MeToo and Streaming," 28 Dec. 2018 Tranquility isn't always all it's cracked up to be. — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, "Child wants to call parents' partners 'mom' and 'dad'," 16 Feb. 2018 Recognizing how idiotic his comments were (not to mention the overwhelming irony), Whoopi started cracking up. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'The View' Stars Whoopi Goldberg and Meghan McCain Lost It on Wednesday's Show," 10 Jan. 2019 Still, a play that had the rest of the nation cracking up likely had the Seahawks steaming mad. — Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, "What was that, Sebastian Janikowski? Decision not to tackle 49ers returner costly in Seahawks loss," 17 Dec. 2018 Plus, having a surgery like the one Dr. Holmes described (known as a labiaplasty) isn't all it's cracked up to be. — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, "Is My Vagina Normal?," 18 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'crack-up.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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