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crackup en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from crack up.

Meanings

1. A crash or wreck, generally involving a car or airplane.
   • They shook the head of the unconscious pilot and when the latter opened his eyes, blinking wildly, the other members of the family lifted up the tail of the overturned crate sufficiently high enough to enable the dazed pilot, after releasing his belt, to fall out of the cockpit head first and disengage himself from the crack-up. 1936, Joseph R. James, "More Gates Air Circus Antics" (Popular Aviation, November 1936)

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