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cracking upverbpresent participle of crack up to declare enthusiastic approval ofthat sports car isn't all it's cracked up to be acclaiming, accrediting, applauding, cheering, hailing, lauding, praising, saluting, touting bravoing, clapping, rising (to)ballyhooingapproving, commending, endorsing(also indorsing), favoring, recommending, rooting (for), supportingcelebrating, emblazoning, eulogizing, extolling, glorifying, magnifying, singingadulating, belauding, flattering, overpraisingdeifying, idolizing doffing one's hat to(or doffing one's cap to) knocking, panning, slamming belittling, discommending, disparaging, putting downblaming, censuring, reprehending, reprobatingadmonishing, chiding, criticizing, rebuking, reprimanding, reproaching, reprovingcastigating, excoriating, keelhauling, lambasting, skewering, slagging(chiefly British), vilifying to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessivelythe movie is being cracked up as the blockbuster of the summer ballyhooing, blowing up, crying up, glorifying, touting, trumpeting, tub-thumping acclaiming, applauding, extolling, lauding, magnifyingcommending, complimenting, eulogizingadvancing, advertising, announcing, blaring, blazing, blazoning, boosting, heralding, offering, plugging, promoting, publicizingasserting, averring, claiming, declaring, laying down, making out, proclaiming, pronouncing to show mirth with an explosive vocal soundtry not to crack up at your own punch lines—it's funnier if you keep a straight face breaking up, cackling, chortling, chuckling, giggling, hee-hawing, laughing, roaring, screaming, snickering, tittering, twittering grinning, smiling splitting one's sides bawling, blubbering, crying, sobbing, weepinghowling, screaming, squalling, wailing, yowlingbleating, puling, whimpering, whiningsniffling, sniveling(or snivelling)groaning, moaning, sighing |