CRAZE
What does "CRAZE" mean?
A brief, intense, and widely shared enthusiasm for something.
Meanings
- A short-lived fashion or fad that many people suddenly adopt. The fidget-spinner craze swept schools almost overnight.
- To produce a network of fine cracks in a glazed surface. Over time the old teapot's glaze began to craze. technical
- To make or become insane (now usually as 'crazed'). Grief had crazed his judgment for years. archaic
Word origin
From Middle English 'crasen', 'to shatter or crack', likely of Scandinavian origin; the senses of cracked pottery, a cracked mind, and a cracking-spreading fad all share that root image.
Remember it
A CRAZE is a glaze that cracks: both spread fast, web-like, then are gone - the spelling even hides 'glaze'.
A little poem
Everyone wanted it Tuesday; by Friday, no one cared.
The craze, like glaze, just cracked - the surface, briefly shared.
couplet
What it teaches
A craze burns hottest the instant before it is forgotten; outlast it by never having needed it.
Quick facts
What does CRAZE mean?
A brief, intense, and widely shared enthusiasm for something.
Is CRAZE a valid word?
Yes — CRAZE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CRAZE?
CRAZE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CRAZE come from?
From Middle English 'crasen', 'to shatter or crack', likely of Scandinavian origin; the senses of cracked pottery, a cracked mind, and a cracking-spreading fad all share that root image.
What can CRAZE teach us?
A craze burns hottest the instant before it is forgotten; outlast it by never having needed it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.