CRAZES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Craze

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late Middle English (in the sense ‘break, produce cracks’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish krasa ‘crunch’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: kreɪz
Dialects: British English
Definition:

an enthusiasm for a particular activity or object which appears suddenly and achieves widespread but short-lived popularity

Short Definition:

widespread brief enthusiasm

Examples:
  • the new craze for step aerobics

Word: Craze

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: kreɪz
Dialects: British English
Definition:

make (someone) insane or wildly out of control

Short Definition:

make insane

Examples:
  • crazed by hunger, the population began to turn on the rebels
Definition:

produce a network of fine cracks on (a surface)

Short Definition:

produce fine cracks on surface

Examples:
  • the loch was frozen over but crazed with cracks

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