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craze

Syllabification: (craze)

Pronunciation: /krāz/

Definition of craze

an enthusiasm for a particular activity or object that typically appears suddenly and achieves widespread but short-lived popularity:the latest craze for bungee jumping

[with object]

1 (usually as adjective crazed) wildly insane or excited:a crazed killer power-crazed tinpot dictators

2produce a network of fine cracks on (a surface):the lake was frozen over but crazed with cracks
[no object] develop fine cracks.

Origin:

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

Definition of craze in the British & World English dictionary

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