crack-up
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Definition of crack-up
(Entry 1 of 2)
2a : a mental collapse : nervous breakdown his wife's death brought on his crack-up
crack up
verbDefinition of crack up (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : praise, tout sense 1 wasn't all that it was cracked up to be
2 : to damage or destroy (a vehicle) by crashing crack up a car
3 : to cause to laugh out loud that joke really cracks him up
1 : to damage or destroy a vehicle (as by losing control) cracked up on a curve
2 : to laugh out loud
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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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Examples of crack-up in a Sentence
Verb
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
There are shots of the three artists camping it up, with Iglesias cracking up with laughter at the end of the clip. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "Descemer Bueno and Enrique Iglesias Share New Video, 'Nos Fuimos Lejos': Watch," 7 Apr. 2018 Photos of the Queen and Meghan cracking up together quickly went viral, but some people couldn't help but notice the woman in black hovering behind the monarch's shoulder. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "Answers to Everything You've Been Googling About Meghan Markle and the Queen Today," 15 June 2018 This continues until Torres loses the staring contest and cracks up. — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, "The Most Hilarious, Over-The-Top Moments From Nailed It! Season 2," 29 June 2018 The trick was to combine horizontal drilling, enabling each well to fan out across a wide area, with industrial-scale hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to crack up the innards of tight rock. — Jeffrey Ball, Fortune, "Photographing The Permian Basin," 25 May 2018 As the audience cracked up, Comey smirked, and took another big sip of wine. — Emily Yahr, chicagotribune.com, "'I'm like a breakup he can't get over': James Comey joins Stephen Colbert and mocks Trump," 18 Apr. 2018 Case in point: Orlando Baxter, who is totally making people crack up on purpose. — Michael Andor Brodeur, BostonGlobe.com, "The Weekender: Boston calls, ‘Solo’ stalls, ‘Fall’ spills, everyone grills," 24 May 2018 There is a growing belief among some analysts that the Democratic blue wave won’t be all its cracked up to be. — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Election prospects cast pall over California GOP convention," 4 May 2018 Luckily the camera was off of some of us who were cracking up. — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, "Meet The Week Of Star Roland Buck," 30 Apr. 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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crack-up
noun
English Language Learners Definition of crack-up
: an accident in which a vehicle is badly damaged
crack-up
nounKids Definition of crack-up
2 : crash entry 2 sense 3, wreck My car received minor damage in the crack-up.
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