Definitions for craze
kreɪzcraze

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, ragenoun

   an interest followed with exaggerated zeal

   "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"

2. craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysterianoun

   state of violent mental agitation

3. crazeverb

   a fine crack in a glaze or other surface

4. madden, crazeverb

   cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

5. crazeverb

   develop a fine network of cracks

   "Crazed ceramics"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crazenoun

   Craziness; insanity.

2. crazenoun

   A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.

3. crazenoun

   A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.

4. crazeverb

   To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.

5. crazeverb

   To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

6. crazeverb

   To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.

7. crazeverb

   To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase.

8. crazeverb

   To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

9. Etymology: From crasen. See crase

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CRAZEverb

   Etymology: ecraser, French, to break to pieces.

   1. To break; to crush; to weaken.

   In this consideration the answer of Calvin unto Farrel, concerning the children of Popish parents, doth seem crazed. Hook.

   Relent, sweet Hermia; and, Lysander, yield
   Thy crazed title to my certain right. William Shakespeare.

   Then through the firey pillar, and the cloud,
   God looking forth. will trouble all his host,
   And craze their chariot-wheels. John Milton, Parad. Lost, b. xii.

   2. To powder.

   The tin ore passeth to the crazing mill, which, between two grinding stones, bruiseth it to a fine sand. Richard Carew, Survey.

   3. To crack the brain; to impair the intellect.

   I lov’d him, friend,
   No father his son dearer: true, to tell thee,
   That grief hath craz’d my wits. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Wickedness is a kind of voluntary frenzy, and a chosen distraction; and every sinner does wilder and more extravagant things than any man can do that is crazed and out of his wits, only with this sad difference, that he knows better what he does. John Tillotson.

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1. craze

   A craze is a popular trend or fad, particularly in society or culture, that is enthusiastically followed by a large group of people for a temporary period of time. It may also refer to an intense enthusiasm or obsession towards an activity, topic, or product. In a psychological context, it can mean a form of insanity or madness.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crazeverb

   to break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase

2. Crazeverb

   to weaken; to impair; to render decrepit

3. Crazeverb

   to derange the intellect of; to render insane

4. Crazeverb

   to be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane

5. Crazeverb

   to crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery

6. Crazenoun

   craziness; insanity

7. Crazenoun

   a strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet

8. Crazenoun

   a temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze

9. Etymology: [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, sl i kras, to break to pieces, F. craser to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. Crash.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Craze

   krāz, v.t. to weaken: to derange (applied to the intellect): (obs.) to break.—v.i. to become mad.—n. a crack or flaw: insanity.—adj. Crazed, deranged.—adv. Craz′ily.—ns. Craz′iness; Craz′ing-mill, a mill for crushing tin-ore.—adj. Craz′y, frail: insane: demented. [Scand.; Sw. krasa, Dan. krase, to crackle; whence also Fr. écraser, to crush.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CRAZE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Craze is ranked #47107 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Craze surname appeared 451 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Craze.
   
   97.1% or 438 total occurrences were White.
   1.5% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Crack

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce craze?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say craze in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of craze in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of craze in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of craze in a Sentence

1. Meer Hayet Kabir:

   He would buy independence war-related movies, dramas. That was his craze.

2. Estelle Bright:

   London is still in the grip of the flat white craze, but cappuccinos are similarly popular.

3. Oatly CEO Toni Petersson:

   We were growing really healthy in Europe and we've been there for a while, but then we entered the United States and the craze started, we didn't know it was going to explode the way it did.

4. Wang Jianlin:

   We still haven't seen a real craze here or a generation blindly following Mickey Mouse of Donald Duck.

5. Brad Kuehl:

   We are just having fun with the craze.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=craze
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Craze
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=craze
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/craze
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=craze
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=craze