Antonyms for crack up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : krak |
Phonetic Transcription : kræk |
Definition of crack up
Origin :- Old English cracian "make a sharp noise," from Proto-Germanic *krakojan (cf. Middle Dutch craken, Dutch kraken, German krachen), probably imitative. Related: Cracked; cracking. To crack a smile is from 1840s; to crack the whip in the figurative sense is from 1940s.
- verb break down mentally
- But there she is, and I could crack up this old world to know what's coming.
- Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith
- I was looking out at the McKenzies from a crack up in the house.
- Extract from : « Ross Grant Tenderfoot » by John Garland
- The Wreckers had some method of attracting ships to crack up on their reefs.
- Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton
- The others, on the other hand, did not forget to crack up the merits of the Atafu.
- Extract from : « Two Years Among the Savages of New Guinea. » by W. D. Pitcairn
- Maybe she had a right to crack up a saucer or two in that restaurant.
- Extract from : « Whirligigs » by O. Henry
- He had forgotten that he was there to make a party speech, to decry his opponents, and crack up his friends.
- Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay
- They're all at the same scribbling business themselves; o' course they'd crack up one another.'
- Extract from : « The Giant's Robe » by F. Anstey
- And if I crack up–” he smiled as a grim Irish bull flashed through his mind–“it will be a good lesson to the ground crew.
- Extract from : « Aces Up » by Covington Clarke
- A faint sound, half groan, half cry, arrested them; and Gwyn hurried to the crack up which Joe Jollivet had crawled.
- Extract from : « Sappers and Miners » by George Manville Fenn
- He can never be depended on not to crack up and he collapses at critical moments.
- Extract from : « The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It » by Walter Winans
Synonyms for crack up
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