Slang

Slang

Culture specific, informal words and terms that are not considered standard in a language.

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crack some suds

Language; Slang

To drink some beer. * Let’s go out tonight and crack some suds. * The guys wanted to watch the game and crack some suds.

crack someone up

Language; Slang

To make someone laugh. * She giggled, and that cracked us all up. * The lecturer would talk along sort of boring like, and then all of a sudden he would crack up everybody with a joke.

cram

Language; Slang

To study hard at the last minute for a test. * She spent the night cramming for the test. * If you would study all the time, you wouldn’t need to cram.

crank something out

Language; Slang

To produce something; to make a lot of something. * She can crank mystery novels out like fury. They’re all good, too. * That man does nothing but crank out trouble.

crap out

Language; Slang

To evade something; to chicken out (of something). * Now, don’t crap out on me at the last minute. * Fred crapped out, so there are only three of us.

To hit someone on the head. * The clerk crowned the robber with a champagne bottle. * The bride, at the end of her patience, crowned the stuttering cleric with her bouquet, shouted, “I do,” and began ...