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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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