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CRACK-UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mental or physical breakdown

Synonyms:

breakdown; crack-up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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)

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