craze (verb)

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• craze — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ current, latest, new ▪ passing ▪ Is this interest in health foods just a passing craze? ▪ dance, diet …   Collocations dictionary

• craze — ► NOUN ▪ a widespread but short lived enthusiasm for something. ► VERB (be crazed) ▪ (of a surface) be covered with a network of fine cracks. ORIGIN originally in the sense «break, shatter, produce cracks»: perhaps Scandinavian …   English terms dictionary

• craze — I. verb (crazed; crazing) Etymology: Middle English crasen to crush, craze, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish krasa to crush Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. obsolete break, shatter 2. to produce minute cracks on the surface or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• craze — [c]/kreɪz / (say krayz) verb (crazed, crazing) –verb (t) 1. to impair in intellect; make insane. 2. to make small cracks on the surface of (pottery, etc.); to crackle. –verb (i) 3. to become insane. 4. to become minutely cracked, as the glaze of… …  

• craze — 1. noun a) Craziness; insanity. b) A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet. 2. verb a) To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. b) To derange the intellect of; to render insane …   Wiktionary

• craze — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. derange, unbalance, madden, unsettle. See insanity. n. fad, rage. See fashion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fad, rage, fashion; see fad . See Synonym Study at fashion . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n …   English dictionary for students

• craze — noun a widespread but short lived enthusiasm for something. verb 1》 [usu. as adjective crazed] make or become wildly insane: a crazed killer. 2》 produce a network of fine cracks on (a surface). Derivatives crazing noun Origin ME (in the sense… …   English new terms dictionary

• madden — verb (maddened; maddening) Date: 1735 intransitive verb to become or act as if mad transitive verb 1. to drive mad ; craze 2. to make intensely angry ; enrage …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• buy into — verb a) believe; accept a craze or fad for valid. I dont buy into all this propaganda. b) To buy stocks or shares of (a business). We bought into a local electrical firm …   Wiktionary

• jump on the bandwagon — verb To profit from a craze; to join a trend. After the incredible success of Cadburys latest low fat chocolate bar, Nestlé has jumped on the bandwagon, and released a low fat version of Kit Kat …   Wiktionary

• Norfolk dialect — Not to be confused with Norfuk language. The Norfolk dialect, also known as Broad Norfolk, is a dialect that was once, and to a great extent, still is spoken by those living in the county of Norfolk in England. It employs distinctively unique… …   Wikipedia