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craze

American  
[kreyz] / kreɪz /

verb (used with object)

crazed, crazing

  1. to derange or impair the mind of; make insane.

    He was crazed by jealousy.

  2. to make small cracks on the surface of (a ceramic glaze, paint, or the like); crackle.

  3. British Dialect. to crack.

  4. Archaic. to weaken; impair.

    to craze one's health.

  5. Obsolete. to break; shatter.

verb (used without object)

crazed, crazing

  1. to become insane; go mad.

  2. to become minutely cracked, as a ceramic glaze; crackle.

  3. Metallurgy.

    1. (of a case-hardened object) to develop reticulated surface markings; worm.

    2. (of an ingot) to develop an alligator skin as a result of being teemed into an old and worn mold.

  4. Archaic. to fall to pieces; break.

noun

  1. a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania.

    the newest dance craze.
    Synonyms:
    mode, vogue

  2. insanity; an insane condition.

  3. a minute crack or pattern of cracks in the glaze of a ceramic object.

  4. Obsolete. flaw; defect.

craze British  
/ kreɪz /

noun

  1. a short-lived current fashion

  2. a wild or exaggerated enthusiasm

    a craze for chestnuts

  3. mental disturbance; insanity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make or become mad

  2. ceramics metallurgy to develop or cause to develop a fine network of cracks

  3. archaic (tr) to break

  4. archaic (tr) to weaken

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of craze

1325–75; Middle English crasen to crush < Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Norwegian krasa to shatter, crush

Example Sentences

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As the OpenClaw craze takes over Silicon Valley, some startups are combining the tech with AI coding tools to fully automate developers’ jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then, as the OpenClaw craze began to sweep Silicon Valley, and beyond, the idea popped into his head that he could build an “AI version of an engineer.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Within the U.S., the savory yogurt craze has been slow to take off.

From Salon

At its peak, Unity was a wildly popular game engine and the driving force behind viral crazes like Pokémon Go.

From Barron's

At first, Barry Lloyd, from mid Wales, had no clue what to buy, getting most of his cards from eBay as the craze took off.

From BBC

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