crack up

crack up

verb

Definition of CRACK UP

transitive verb

1

: praise, tout 4 <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>

intransitive verb

1

: to damage or destroy a vehicle (as by losing control) <cracked up on a curve>

2

: to laugh out loud

Examples of CRACK UP

1. <that sports car isn't all it's cracked up to be>
2. <the movie is being cracked up as the blockbuster of the summer>

First Known Use of CRACK UP

1829

Related to CRACK UP

Synonyms: accredit, applaud, cheer, acclaim, hail, laud, praise, salute, tout

Antonyms: knock, pan, slam

Related Words: bravo, clap, rise (to); ballyhoo; approve, commend, endorse (also indorse), favor, recommend, root (for), support; celebrate, emblazon, eulogize, extol (also extoll), glorify, magnify, sing; adulate, belaud, flatter, overpraise; deify, idolize

Near Antonyms: belittle, discommend, disparage, put down; blame, censure, reprehend, reprobate; admonish, chide, criticize, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove; castigate, excoriate, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), skewer, slag [chiefly British], vilify

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