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crack up

verb

  1. intr to break into pieces
  2. informal.
    intr to undergo a physical or mental breakdown
  3. informal.
    tr to present or report, esp in glowing terms

    it's not all it's cracked up to be

  4. informal.
    to laugh or cause to laugh uproariously or uncontrollably
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. informal.
    a physical or mental breakdown
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Best joke of the sketch: the hosts cracking up with laughter at the thought of paying back student loans.

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I cracked up, and it felt like sobbing.

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As for whether AI is actually all it’s cracked up to be, according to its promoters — that reckoning is still to come.

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Later, he kept his construction co-workers cracking up.

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Suddenly aware of her powers, she cracked up.

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