Usually means: Breakdown under stress or pressure.
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  1. crack-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. crack-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. crack-up, crack-up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. crack-up: Vocabulary.com
  5. Crack-Up, crack-up: Wordnik
  6. crack-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. crack-up: Dictionary.com
  8. The Crack-Up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. crack-up: Rhymezone
  10. crack-up: FreeDictionary.org
  11. crack-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. crack-up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. crack-up: Wiktionary

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  1. crack-up: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. crack-up, crack-up, crack-up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of crackup [A crash or wreck, generally involving a car or airplane.]

Similar:
breakdown, break-up, screw-up, pileup, wipe-out, train crash, dust-up, trainwreck, punchup, lashup, more...

Opposite:
composure, calmness, serenity, poise, tranquility



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Similar:
breakdown, break-up, screw-up, pileup, wipe-out, train crash, dust-up, trainwreck, punchup, lashup, more...

Opposite:
composure, calmness, serenity, poise, tranquility



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