CRAZE


Meaning of CRAZE in English

/ kreɪz; NAmE / noun

~ (for sth) an enthusiastic interest in sth that is shared by many people but that usually does not last very long; a thing that people have a craze for

SYN fad :

the latest fitness craze to sweep the country

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (in the sense break, produce cracks ): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish krasa crunch.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.