Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crack_up
1 sense of crack-up
Sense 1
breakdown, crack-up -- (a mental or physical breakdown)
=> collapse, prostration -- (an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion; "the commander's prostration demoralized his men")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crack_up
3 senses of crack up
Sense 1
crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse -- (suffer a nervous breakdown)
=> suffer, sustain, have, get -- (undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle")
Sense 2
crack up -- (rhapsodize about)
=> laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim -- (praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking")
Sense 3
break up, crack up -- (laugh unrestrainedly)
=> laugh, express joy, express mirth -- (produce laughter)