To crack up in the uk also means either to burst into laughter or to cause another to do the same. Released on june 16, 2017 as the follow up to their 2011 album helplessness blues, crack up is the bands first release on nonesuch records. Proper usage and audio pronunciation plus ipa phonetic transcription of the word crack up. This is the british english definition of crack up. One of americas most famous authors confronts the pressures of fame in a most public forum. Released on june 16, 2017 as the follow up to their 2011 album helplessness blues, crackup is the bands first. Crack up definition of crack up by medical dictionary. The entire group cracked up at the joke of their teacher. We often crack up and cannot stop laughing for ages. Crack up meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Crack up finds pecknold in environs far from the pastoral scenes of his early material, but when he sings like this, there can be no mistake about who you. Definition and synonyms of crack up from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. Sep 24, 2019 if something cracks me up it makes me laugh a lot. Crack sb up meaning in the cambridge english dictionary.
Information about crack up in the dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. Crack up is the third studio album by seattlebased folk band fleet foxes. Information and translations of crack up in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on. This new computer system is not what it was cracked up to be. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between crack and up. John told me a hilarious joke the other day and i started cracking up. If you crack up or if someone or something cracks you up, you laugh a lot. The job just cant be all that she s cracked it up to be. Wikipedia, lexilogos, oxford, cambridge, chambers harrap, wordreference, collins lexibase dictionaries, merriam webster. Theres some kind of fails when you see them youll be like oh yeah that a fail and we laugh about it and there are some kind when you see them and a friend is laughing, youll be like thats not f. To burst into loud, hysterical or aggressive verbal abuse. Nov 21, 2004 crack up definition 3 the meaning and origin of this phrase. She got through the war, but cracked up when her sister died. Meaning of crack up and a memory aid called mnemonic to retain that meaning for long time in our memory.
Nonetheless, it would be a serious mistake to overinterpret regarding the solyndra crack up, whether to generalize about the solar industry and cleantech or to broadly indict particular technology and development policies. At that time, women used to apply a thick layer of makeup on their face so whenever they laughed it would crack up and appeared flaky. I tried my best to control my emotions but finally, i cracked. But the crack up has been more than two decades in the making germanys solar crack up.
Definition of crackup from the collins english dictionary. Add crack up to one of your lists below, or create a new one. Synonyms for crack up include breakdown, tailspin, collapse, crisis, nervous breakdown, mental collapse, nervous collapse, personal crisis, psychological trauma and nervous exhaustion. This idiom was likely derived from a lesserknown definition of crack, which can mean to tell, talk, or to praise, depending on the context. Search to crack up with laughter and thousands of other words in english definition and synonym dictionary from reverso.
Crack up definition, to break without complete separation of parts. Fix up phrasal verb definition and synonyms macmillan. Definition of crack up from the collins english dictionary. Hi, if i say youre a real crackup, does it mean that i find the person, to whom i address the sentence. How does the crack up connect to the authors personal life. In a figurative sense you get cracked like a cracker by someones jokes or way of acting. The plate cracked when i dropped it, but it was still usable. Instigating this sort of reaction in someone is called cracking that person up. Crackup dictionary definition crackup defined yourdictionary. It is not necessarily the great thing that the proponents are cracking it up to be. She told stories that cracked me up and i swore to write them down so you.
Change your default dictionary to american english. Something is not as impressive as people say it is. Cracked up to be definition of cracked up to be by merriam. The verbal phrase in the meaning to break up laughing is by 1967, transitive and intransitive. The idiom crack up is derived from the word crack which means to break down. Synonyms for crack up include crumble, be overcome, go mad, lose it, collapse, crack, decline, derange, deteriorate and disintegrate.
Definition and synonyms of fix up from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. You can complete the list of synonyms of to crack up with laughter given by the english thesaurus dictionary with other english dictionaries. Cracked up to be definition is said to be often used in negative statements. In both his essay the crack up, and the book the crack up, published after his death, f. It is their first release in six years, following a threeyear hiatus from 20 to 2016. Cracked up to be definition of cracked up to be by.
Crack up definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Verb that sports car isnt all its cracked up to be the movie is being cracked up as the blockbuster of. Crack up definition of crack up by the free dictionary. Crack me up for me is to be amused by someone to an extreme point, is like saying you kill me with your jokes. Similar with the american freak the fuck out, however only used in negative situations. From longman dictionary of contemporary englishcrack up phrasal verb informal1 crack somebody upcontrol to laugh a lot at something, or to make. Try this round of our teacherselected 5th grade vocab practice words. Yer wan at the pub cracked up at me when i asked how much she charged for an hour. Proper usage and audio pronunciation plus ipa phonetic transcription of the word crack. If someone cracks up, they are under such a lot of emotional strain that they become. Crack up phrasal verb definition and synonyms macmillan. Possibly from imagining a smile or laugh as a crack in the face, possibly from the difficulty of concentrating when you hear something very funny, so anything you were previously doing is cra.
Nov 22, 2019 transitive, informal, usually passive, usually negative to cry up. It not nearly as good as it has been cracked up to be. Information and translations of crack in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Fleet foxes crackup is a successfully daring step forward andy.
A crackup boom is the crash of the credit and monetary system due to continual credit expansion and price increases that cannot be sustained longterm. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples log in dictionary. Synonyms for crack up at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Crackup definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Jun 16, 2017 the opening minutes of crackup, the bands third album and first in six years, are instructive in this regard. Not all comets break up as they vent and age, but for rosettas comet 67p, the rubber duckie comet, a crack in the neck raises concerns. James, more gates air circus antics popular aviation, november 1936.
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