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craze

Pronunciation: /kreɪz/

Definition of craze

an enthusiasm for a particular activity or object which appears suddenly and achieves widespread but short-lived popularity:the new craze for step aerobics

[with object]

1 (usually as adjective crazed) make (someone) wildly insane or out of control:a crazed killer

2produce a network of fine cracks on (a surface):the loch was frozen over but crazed with cracks
[no object] develop fine cracks: internal stresses often caused the glue to craze

Origin:

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

Definition of craze in the US English dictionary

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