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Princeton's WordNet

  1. breakdown, crack-upverb

    a mental or physical breakdown

  2. crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapseverb

    suffer a nervous breakdown

  3. crack upverb

    rhapsodize about

  4. break up, crack upverb

    laugh unrestrainedly

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  1. crack-up

    A crack-up refers to a nervous breakdown or a mental collapse, often due to excessive stress, pressure or trauma. It could also refer to a failure or breakdown of a system, relationship, or plan.

Wikidata

  1. Crack-Up

    Crack-Up is a film noir directed by Irving Reis, remembered for directing many "Falcon" movies of the early 1940s including The Falcon Takes Over. The drama is based on "Madman's Holiday", a story written by mystery writer Fredric Brown. The drama features Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, and others.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of crack-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of crack-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of crack-up in a Sentence

  1. The Texas:

    Vice President Joe Biden. You know the nice thing? You don’t need a punchline, i promise you it works. The next party you’re at, just walk up to someone and say, ‘Vice President Joe Biden’ and just close your mouth. They will crack up laughing.

  2. Richard Lewis:

    It was maybe the best I’ve ever been in the 11 seasons, and I know this because I made Larry crack up at least 15 or 20 times during this one scene.

  3. Jennifer Lawrence:

    Amy and I were creatively made for each other, we have different flavors. It’s been the most fun experience of my life. We start the day off on the phone, laughing. And then we send each other pages. And we crack up. I’m flying out tomorrow to see her in Chicago. We’ll write a little bit with her sister, Kim, who worked with Amy when she was writing ‘Trainwreck.’.


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