cracks up

present tense third-person singular of crack up
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cracks up
Verb
  • But more than anything else, Truwit applauds her friend's character and selflessness.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • George Russell of Great Britain and Mercedes applauds from the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on August 3, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Trump announces arrest of suspect Tyler Robinson As of Thursday night, the assassination suspect remained at large.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Apple announces new iPhones and more.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Everyone laughs about Laura’s over-protectiveness; her suffocating affection is a joke.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Wan laughs when recalling the day.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Bernhardt praises her gifts, the French diva doesn’t hold back in her stinging criticism of the production, calling it the same old prewar Italian theater, out of touch with the times.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And Lauren, who initially praises his new short story for its trauma narrative.
    Jane Ciabattari August 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall hails from Hawaii but has been primarily playing the Asia/Australia circuit this year.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Bach Mai, who hails from Texas, expresses that RAISEfashion has been highly supportive of his namesake brand.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With each successive exchange, the replying chorus added another member, until the air was filled with a continuous melody of bugles, grunts, cow/calf calls, whistles and chuckles.
    Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Love still chuckles about the time Michael Jordan snapped his driver back in college—a mishap that pushed him into a new club that’d stay in his bag for over a decade, and left the two Tar Heels, both bound for Hall of Fame careers, with a killer yarn that still hits all these years later.
    Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The new $106 million Nike man totally blows up a Titans run to start the game.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But if this blows up in Utah’s face in two or three years … oy.
    David Aldridge, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than let his boy be torn apart by terrible creatures in the mist, David uses a gun to mercy-kill them all and screams in anguish because there isn't a bullet left for him.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Mom screams like a rabid animal.
    Dr. Sue Varma, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Cracks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cracks%20up. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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