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crack up

The correct spelling is crack up.

How to pronounce crack up

verb

Say it like: Cra-k u-p

The correct spelling is crack up. To laugh heartily. For example: "It was hilarious. We were cracking up the whole time."

Usage Examples

It was hilarious. We were cracking up the whole time.

The joke about the nuns in the bath cracked me up.

She got through the war, but cracked up when her sister died.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To laugh heartily.
  2. 2.To cause to laugh heartily.
  3. 3.To become insane; to suffer a mental breakdown.
  4. 4.(usually passive, usually negative) To cry up; to extol.
  5. 5.(of an aircraft or automobile) To crash.

adjective

  1. 1.Funny; hilarious

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