craze (kreɪz
)
Definitions
noun
- a short-lived current fashion
- a wild or exaggerated enthusiasm ⇒
a craze for chestnuts
- mental disturbance; insanity
verb
- to make or become mad
- ceramics metallurgy to develop or cause to develop a fine network of cracks
- (tr) British archaic or dialect to break
- (tr) archaic to weaken
Word Origin
C14 (in the sense: to break, shatter): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish krasa to shatter, ultimately of imitative originSynonyms
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fad,
thing,
fashion,
trend,
passion,
rage,
enthusiasm,
mode,
vogue,
novelty,
preoccupation,
mania,
infatuation,
the latest thing
Usage examples
Her reputation was based on keeping up with the latest trends in the city and this latest craze was too good to miss.
, Yellow Bird (1993)Sonia is more a picture of bereavement and withdrawal than of craze for power and glory.
India Today (1997)And they remembered a brother who spray-painted the family dog after doing the same to his shoes during a break-dancing craze.
Edmonton Sun (2003)The latest craze has introduced the ankle-biters to a new vocabulary.
Sun, News of the World (2000)The advent of the aerobics craze , popularized by Jane Fonda, has done much to empower women this century.
, MOVING INTO ECSTASY: An Urban Mystic's Guide to Movement, Music and Meditation (2001)