English Explanatory Dictionary

crack up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To laugh.
To laugh heartily.
To cause to laugh heartily.
To tease (someone) or tell jokes at the expense of (someone).
To break.
To become insane; to suffer a mental breakdown.
To break down or fall apart; to stop functioning; to shatter.
To separate a group.
To crash an aircraft or automobile.
To remove the shell from nuts.
To crack (petroleum). (to break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse)
To affect the image of something.

adj

Funny; hilarious

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹæk ˈʌp/ en-au-crack up.ogg

Word forms

crack up cracks up cracking up cracked up more crack up most crack up

Etymology

Compare Japanese 笑う (warau, “laugh, smile”), suffixed from Japanese 割る (waru, “crack”).

Derived words

all it's cracked up to be

Translations

Armenian: ճաքել Finnish: nauraa Finnish: hohottaa French: éclater de rire French: pouffer de rire German: in Lachen / Gelächter ausbrechen German: kaputtlachen German: schlapplachen Polish: pękać ze śmiechu Portuguese: rachar o bico Portuguese: gargalhar Russian: ло́паться от сме́ха Russian: ло́пнуть от сме́ха Swedish: garva

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