craze
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4.2
- noun
- /kreɪz/
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- (Professor) Does anybody remember the craze for the pet baby alligators?
- the latest craze
- a new craze
- an international craze
Using that hardware became a craze among techie adults.
- Using that hardware became a craze among techie adults.
- I know that there was a craze about cloning pets.
- We just sort of keep evolving it, and this whole AI craze in March changed nothing.
- I started the worst hair craze ever.
- Well, you had COVID and that started the work from home craze.
- And so that that became the swim with dolphins craze.
- But it turns out that it's been kind of a hit and it's almost sort of a craze in, in the innovation world.
- He made his biggest ask ever with NF TS at the height of the NFT craze.
- You got the ones that just look like vans, but you miss the Healy's craze.
- I'm not prepared to follow that because in reality the craze were nothing like the myth, right?
Examples
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The latest craze, of course, is meal replacement drinks.
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In line with the new craze, Japanese-language study has also exploded in popularity.
Academic text (2004) -
I started the worst hair craze ever.
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William Wallace in Scotland says my friends have gotten caught up in the Bitcoin market craze and are making a lot of money trading.
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Gin proved the drink of choice, leading to what has become known as "the Gin Craze."
Academic text (2010) -
Best known for starting the samba-salsa jazz craze.
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There's a worldwide craze that has captured kids' hearts--
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A dance craze worldwide.
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"Then there was the Atkins diet craze, where people gave up eating carbs.
Academic text (2012) -
The latest craze among teenagers is the new social media app that allows users to create short videos.
Synonyms
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4.1
A person or thing that causes great public excitement
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3.5
A popular style or activity for a short time
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3.7
Something very popular or fashionable at that time
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7.0
A strong public reaction like anger or excitement
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3.9
Strong excitement and attention from many people and the media
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7.4
A short period of quick growth or interest
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3.8
A thing that many people see and share online very quickly
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8.5
A thing that many people like and find exciting right now
Interest in things that are popular for a short time
A thing that is very popular for a short time and then forgotten
Antonyms
How Popular
Surface Forms
Etymology
Craze meaning a short, very popular trend is linked to crazy, which means 'wild' or 'mad'; a craze makes many people act in a sudden, excited way, so the word now describes a fast, intense fashion.