CRACK-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crack-up mean? 

• CRACK-UP (noun)
  The noun CRACK-UP has 1 sense:

1. a mental or physical breakdown

  Familiarity information: CRACK-UP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRACK-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mental or physical breakdown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

breakdown; crack-up

Hypernyms ("crack-up" is a kind of...):

collapse; prostration (an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crack-up"):

nervous breakdown (a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder)

Derivation:

crack up (suffer a nervous breakdown)