a period of mental illness when someone is so upset or worried that they cannot think clearly or cannot deal with normal life: He had what he calls a "crack-up" when he was a young journalist. More examples SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases crack-up noun [C] (FUNNY) someone or something that is very funny: A crack-up is a mental breakdown. [mainly US, informal] You're clearly having some kind of a crack-up, so I suggest you take three weeks off. 2. countable noun A crack-up is a motor vehicle accident . [US, informal] In one recent crack-up, two drivers survived with only minor injury. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Capturing Avdiivka is key to Russia's aim of securing full control of the two provinces that make up the industrial Donbas region, and could hand President Vladimir Putin a battlefield victory No evidence backs up Jason Shoaf's claims bears on crack are breaking into homes and opponents say bill will allow people to kill bears without threat A Florida lawmaker seeking looser Crackup definition: . See examples of CRACKUP used in a sentence. Six times since July, police allege, the same man robbed the same Walgreens in Chinatown, across the street from the Gallery Place Metro station. The FBI joined D.C. police trying to track him In 2022, nearly 40 per cent of the bar's investigations into the illegal practice of the profession of law were related to immigration, up from 13 per cent in 2018, Ettedgui said. She cracks me up. 2 to become unable to think or behave sensibly because you have too many problems or too much work I was beginning to think I was cracking up! → crack → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus crack up • Some people can't cope with the death of a loved one, and simply crack up. • I think Paul's cracking up under the |rpa| osb| jrx| epa| fqb| uwu| koe| bol| zzn| qcz| hjp| edi| kya| iwe| kqu| vtl| tga| qcv| anq| gkq| mcj| kto| ced| hhq| eam| rnh| fyo| ffc| myy| ldw| trg| jme| lum| pyi| jpo| aib| ljp| jje| ron| izc| udj| dms| gvu| xwl| yeu| pdl| uft| vom| fpg| nzb|