Function: transitive verb
Date: 1829
1 : PRAISE , TOUT 4 <wasn't all that it was cracked up to be>
2 : to damage or destroy (a vehicle) by crashing < crack up a car>
3 : to cause to laugh out loud <that joke really cracks him up >
intransitive verb
1 : to damage or destroy a vehicle (as by losing control) < cracked up on a curve>
2 : to laugh out loud