crack up

Language: en

Meaning: To laugh.(idiomatic,intransitive)Tolaughheartily.It was hilarious. We werecracking upthe whole time.(idiomatic,transitive)To cause to laughheartily.The joke about the nuns in the bathcracked me up.2022October 21, Jason Bailey, “How George Clooney and Julia Roberts Quietly Became the Tracy-Hepburn of Our Time”, inThe New York Times‎[2]:The joy of “Ticket to Paradise” comes not from its predictable plotting or razor-thin screenplay; it’s from watching them together, from observing how the sparks still fly, and (when the former flames get drunk and let their guards down, or during the end-credit outtakes) watching themcrackeach otherup.(slang,intransitive)To tease (someone) or tell jokes at the expense of (someone).He's alwayscracking upat me about that.; To break.(idiomatic,intransitive,datedin US)To becomeinsane; to suffer amental breakdown.She got through the war, butcracked upwhen her sister died.1936February,F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up”, inEsquire‎[3]:All rather inhuman and undernourished, isn’t it? Well, that, children, is the true sign ofcracking up.(idiomatic)Tobreak downorfall apart; to stop functioning; toshatter.The university was reallycracking up, losing faculty, students and donors, and it seemed like to go under.My motorcyclecracked upbefore I arrived.(idiomatic,transitive)To separate a group.I have tocrack upthat little clique.(US)Tocrashan aircraft or automobile.1930December, Lawrence M. Guyer, “Chuck Luck: The Story of a Flying Dog”, inBoys' Life:From all directions they came to the rescue, one predominant fear gripping their hearts: Fire! Someone hadcracked-up.It was for this they sped. The flames that so frequently burst from a crashed airplane became an instantaneous cauldron; many a pilot has lived through the crash to die in the fire that followed.1983, John Thorn, David Reuther,The Armchair Aviator, page101:When I reported this to Burwell by telephone, he called me a Chinese ace — in those days Chinese aces were pilots whocracked uptheir own airplanes[…](transitive)To remove the shell from nuts.We can send you a hundred pounds a month of pecans tocrack up.(transitive)Tocrack(petroleum). (to break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse)The refinerycracks upthe heavier oils.; To affect the image of something.(slang,transitive)To praise or applaud (something); to promote a positive view of (something).She wasn't as impressive as Katiecrackedherup.(dated,transitive)To insult, demean or harm the image of (something).Those who have beencracking upthe agricultural industry will hopefully reconsider their denigration of it.(transitive,informal,usuallypassive voice,chiefly in the negative)Tocry up; toextol.This new computer system is not what it wascracked upto be.1939June,George Orwell[pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter IX, inComing Up for Air, London:Martin Secker & Warburg, published 1948 (April 1959 printing),→OCLC, part II,page132:No use, with a bloke like this,cracking upyour own merits. Stick to the truth.; (slang,intransitive)To smokecrack cocaine.I need tocrack up.

Examples:

EN: Don't let that bother you. You're not the first one to crack up a car.
ES: No eres el primer corredor que destroza un coche.
EN: You'll only crack up in the end.
ES: Al final, colapsarás.
EN: We'd crack up.
ES: Nos estrellaríamos.
EN: With Lenin out of his way,the Soviet has no leader,the red government will crack up
ES: - Ya lo creo. El Sóviet ya no tiene líder; el Gobierno Rojo se hundirá.
EN: Listen, what makes a man crack up?
ES: Escucha, ¿que hace que un hombre se desmorone?
EN: Gee, the gals at number 47 would crack up if they could see this.
ES: Caramba, las chicas del número 47 se mearían de risa si lo vieran.
EN: We don't say things like "crack up" and "what a hoot," or what have you.
ES: No solemos decir cosas como "mearse", "qué puntazo" o lo que hayas dicho.
EN: Oh, I must have been crazy. But, seeing everything crack up...
ES: Estaba loca, pero todo se me escapa.
EN: David, you can't keep up at the pace you're going. You'll crack up.
ES: No durarás mucho con esa vida de crápula.
EN: If you crack up, You can blame me. Mm-hmm. I get that Out of it.
ES: Si, si te estrellas, échame la culpa.
EN: What if you crack up?
ES: Y si te estrellas, ¿qué?
EN: Sure, I know it's tough, but you've gotta get ahold of yourself, or you'll crack up.
ES: Sí, ya sé que es duro, pero tiene que cuidar de sí misma o se destrozará.
EN: - What for; We all crack up once in a while.
ES: Todos estallamos un día u otro.
EN: - He crack up?
ES: ¿Qué pasó con él?
EN: - Moon or no moon, 3-to-1 you crack up.
ES: 3 contra 1 a que te la pegas.

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