Crepitus or crepitation is the noise that may be heard during joint movements, such as a cracking, popping, snapping, or grinding. Cracked up to be definition of cracked up to be by. Cracking is the most important process for the commercial production of gasoline and diesel fuel. It could mean to cause you to laugh uproariously or it could mean that i just think youre funny in some way but without the context required by. Subscribe to our free daily email and get a new idiom video every day. Rosenwald collection, rare book and special collections division, library of congress. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Most people at some point have experienced neck crepitus. If someone cracks up, they are under such a lot of emotional strain that they become. You make me laugh so hard that i lose all of my faculties. Crack up definition of crack up by the free dictionary. Petroleum refinery process in which large heavy oil molecules are broken down into smaller ones. See more ideas about sayings, funny quotes and quotes.
Definition and synonyms of crack up from the online english dictionary from macmillan education this is the british english definition of crack up. The movie is composed of individual skits of original material by the actors spun around this hypothetical disaster. The rate of cracking and the end products are strongly dependent on the temperature and presence of catalysts. I cant imagine a person cracking into pieces when they find something amusing it certainly.
With michael mislove, fred willard, paul zegler, steve bluestein. One example is feeling a cracking sensation in the neck when turning the head to back up a car. Cracking definition, in the distillation of petroleum or the like the process of breaking down certain hydrocarbons into simpler ones of lower boiling points by means of excess heat, distillation under pressure, etc. View american english definition of crack up change your default dictionary to american english.
Get a cracking me up mug for your grandma julia trending rn may 18, 2020. For example, if you went fishing and you caught a lot of fish. You crack me up posted by a harbone on june 09, 2010 at 17. Crack up meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Cracked up to be definition is said to be often used in negative statements. Definition of crack me up in the idioms dictionary. To crack a person up means to make them laugh a lot or really hard. Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio compendium of all anatomy delineated. What does it mean when someone tell me you have crack me. You crack me up posted by esc on june 09, 2010 at 22. Possibly from imagining a smile or laugh as a crack in the face, possibly from the difficulty of concentrating. Synonyms for crack up at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions.
If hydrogen is used in addition to heat and catalysts, it. The idiom crack up is derived from the word crack which means to break down. A crackup boom is the crash of the credit and monetary system due to continual credit expansion and price increases that cannot be sustained longterm. Cracking, in petroleum refining, the process by which heavy hydrocarbon molecules are broken up into lighter molecules by means of heat and usually pressure and sometimes catalysts. A snapping or cracking sound in your shoulder could mean your bones are making contact with each other as a result.
Make up to break up bonus track siouxsie and the banshees. Possibly from imagining a smile or laugh as a crack in the face, possibly from the difficulty of concentrating when you hear something very funny, so anything you were previously doing is cra. Plan your 60minute lesson in english language arts or reading with helpful tips from rebecca strebel. Cracking up article about cracking up by the free dictionary. Crack sb up meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Software cracking known as breaking in the 1980s is the modification of software to remove or disable features which are considered undesirable by the person cracking the software, especially copy protection features including protection against the manipulation of software, serial number, hardware key, date checks and disc check or software annoyances like nag screens and adware. If conducted only with the application of heat, it is called thermal cracking. These sounds and sensations can occur in the neck as well. Cracking myself up how is cracking myself up abbreviated. This is what cracking up looks at from the lighter side. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between crack and up. The plate cracked when i dropped it, but it was still usable. If a catalyst is also used, it is called catalytic cracking.
Synonyms for cracking at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term. You cracked me up sounds more like you started laughing coming from a. Information and translations of cracking up in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. A crack in a dream could be drawing on the meaning of an idiom, such as papering over the cracks, cracking up, or falling through the cracks. Much depends on the context, but a cracking day in the expressionwe had a cracking day means wonderful day, fantastic day, very successful day, and things along those lines. We are putting together a class book of idioms that shows the literal meaning of the idiom through pictures as well as states the intended meaning. The sound of grating or cracking can be an early symptom of arthritis. Crack up definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Cracking article about cracking by the free dictionary. These two can mean the same thing but the first one is more slang.