crack (sb) up

informal — phrasal verb with crack

/kræk/ verb

Definition

C2 to suddenly laugh a lot, or to make someone suddenly laugh a lot: I took one look at her and cracked up. There's something about that guy's face that just cracks me up.Laughing and smiling

(Definition of crack (sb) up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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crab noun (SEA CREATURE)
crabbed adjective
crabby adjective
crabgrass noun
crabwise adverb
crack (sb) up phrasal verb
crack adjective
crack down phrasal verb
crack house noun
crack noun (ATTEMPT)
crack noun (DRUG)

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be rolling in the aisles idiom
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