crazecraze /kreɪz/ noun [countable] 
She started a craze for this type of jewellery. At that time, scooters were the latest craze.fitness/dance/fashion etc craze The jogging craze began in the 1970s.
WORD ORIGINcraze
Origin:
1800-1900 craze ‘to make crazy’; ➔ CRAZEDEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The jogging craze began in the 1970s.
- I thought his interest merely a passing craze, at the time.
- Needless to say, swing has been enjoying a rebirth lately, with ordinary folk getting into the craze.
- Still to come ... can the new craze for step aerobics actually damage your health?
- The December quarter also will be a chance for investors to take the pulse of the Internet craze.
- The man behind the craze is currently touring the country in a one man and his puppets show.
- What I object to is the craze for machinery, not machinery as such.
- Young people wanted to organise groups too or at least to enrol somewhere in the new craze.
THESAURUS
noun [countable, uncountable] a style of clothes, hair, behaviour etc that is fashionable. Fashion is also used as an uncountable noun, when talking about all of these styles in general: · the latest fashions from Donna Karan· changing fashions in popular music· I’m not interested in fashion.
noun [singular, uncountable] if there is a vogue forsomething, or it is in vogue, it is fashionable. Vogue sounds more formal and typical of the language that more educated speakers use than fashion: · the current vogue for realistic animated films· There was a vogue for cream furniture in the 1920s.· His pictures are very much in vogue these days.
noun [countable] a way of doing something or a way of thinking that is becoming fashionable or popular: · The magazine focuses on the latest trends in contemporary design.· The trend is for people to wait longer to marry and have children.
noun [countable] informal a fashion, activity, type of music etc that suddenly becomes very popular, but only remains popular for a short time – often used about things that you think are rather silly: · a new fitness craze· the current fad for bare white walls and uncomfortable-looking metal furniture· I’m sure it’s just a passing fad (=something that will soon stop being fashionable).· fad diets
formal used when saying that something is very popular and fashionable for a short time: · The game was all the rage at her school.
Longman Language Activatorfashionable activity, product, style etc a style of clothes, hair, behaviour etc that is fashionable: latest fashion (=the newest styles of clothes): · I always find it hard to keep up with the latest fashions.fashion in clothes/music etc: · changing fashions in popular musicfashion for doing something: · Who started this fashion for wearing old army clothes?
a way of doing something or a way of thinking that is becoming fashionable: · A lot of the students here don't think for themselves, they just follow the latest trends.trend in: · Today we'll be examining the latest trends in kitchen design
a fashion, activity, type of music etc that suddenly becomes very popular, but only remains popular for a short time: · A new fitness craze from Australia is rapidly catching on.· To no one's surprise, the macarena proved to be a short-lived fad.
the most fashionable and newest thing to do, wear, or have: · The latest thing is to wear only white clothes.· No matter how expensive, he always has to do the latest thing.the latest thing in: · I can remember when eight-track tapes were the latest thing in music.
a style of music, clothes, art etc that is fashionable with a particular group of people: · People's fondness for wearing black and other dark colours was a vogue I never really liked.· a vogue for the paintings of Claude Lorraine
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY At that time, scooters were the latest craze. The jogging craze began in the 1970s.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a fashion, game, type of music etc that becomes very popular for a short time SYN fadcraze for At that time, scooters were the latest craze. The jogging craze began in the 1970s.· In the fashionable Recoleta district of Buenos Aires, the latest craze is sushi.· And flying into trouble? ... doctors warn of latest pub craze dangers.· What you can do Young people are often curious and like to experiment with the latest craze.· But they have said that the latest drug craze, involving the painkiller ketamine, has yet to reach the North-East.· Finally, if you after, try posting your request comparing prices across shops has become the latest craze amongst shopping.· The latest craze sweeping high schools and college dorms across the States is True Crime trading cards.
· Still to come ... can the new craze for step aerobics actually damage your health?· What is the new craze for grannies?· A new craze had swept in and he just hadn't seen it coming.· Young people wanted to organise groups too or at least to enrol somewhere in the new craze.· In the frightening new craze, youths take a cocktail of drink and drugs before going out to look for trouble.
NOUN· What do Feel think of the dance craze which is currently dominating the singles charts?
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