crack

[crack]

A crack is a very narrow space, chink, or opening. If you favorite mug has a crack in it, it might leak.

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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

Noun
the act of cracking something

Noun
a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

Noun
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted

Noun
a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"

Noun
a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror"

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Noun
witty remark

Noun
a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"

Noun
a long narrow opening

Noun
a long narrow depression in a surface

Noun
a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"

Verb
break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"

Verb
reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

Verb
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"

Verb
cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"

Verb
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The rope snapped"

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break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"

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pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

Verb
tell spontaneously; "crack a joke"

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hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"

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suffer a nervous breakdown

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make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped"

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make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"

Adjective S.
of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"


v. t.
To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

v. t.
To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.

v. t.
To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.

v. t.
To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.

v. t.
To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up.

v. i.
To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.

v. i.
To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

v. i.
To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.

v. i.
To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of.

n.
A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.

n.
Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.

n.
A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.

n.
The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

n.
Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.

n.
A crazy or crack-brained person.

n.
A boast; boasting.

n.
Breach of chastity.

n.
A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

n.
A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.

n.
Free conversation; friendly chat.

a.
Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.


Crack

Crack (kr?k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cracked (kr?kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cracking.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crake, Cracknel, Creak.] 1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts. 2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
O, madam, my old hear is cracked.
He thought none poets till their brains were cracked.
3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip. 4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. B. Jonson. 5. To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low] To crack a bottle, to open the bottle and drink its contents. -- To crack a crib, to commit burglary. [Slang] -- To crack on, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more steam. [Colloq.]

Crack

Crack, v. i. 1. To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.
By misfortune it cracked in the coling.
The mirror cracked from side to side.
2. To be ruined or impaired; to fail. [Collog.]
The credit . . . of exchequers cracks, when little comes in and much goes out.
3. To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.
4. To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of. [Archaic.]
Ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack.

Crack

Crack, n. 1. A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass. 2. Ropture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw.
3. A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.
Will the stretch out to the crack of doom?
4. The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
Though now our voices Have got the mannish crack.
5. Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack. 6. A crazy or crack-brained person. [Obs.]
I . . . can not get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack and a projector.
7. A boast; boasting. [Obs.] "Crack and brags." Burton. "Vainglorius cracks." Spenser. 8. Breach of chastity. [Obs.] Shak. 9. A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. [Obs.]
Val. 'Tis a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam.
10. A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack. [Eng. & Scot. Colloq.] 11. Free conversation; friendly chat. [Scot.]
What is crack in English? . . . Acrack . . . a chat with a good, kindly human heart in it.

Crack

Crack, a. Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of. [Colloq.]
One of our crack speakers in the Commons.

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.

A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.

Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.

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Usage Examples

In New York, you've got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict and a regular Joe, and they're all on the same subway car.

It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.

I didn't know my dad for a long time. My dad was on drugs and my dad was at the VA Hospital, my dad was off in his own world selling drugs or using them or there would be crack heads in the house or whatever it would be.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

I can't remember a time when my mom didn't work. She has forever been on the move: a go-getter. When my brother Adel and I had a paper route as kids, my mom would get up before us at the crack of dawn to drop off the Washington Post at different corners.

The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.

You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.

I buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them. I'm looking for the crack in the fabric.

The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact. Their newspapers and propaganda carefully cultivate every fissure of disunity, every crack in the common front against fascism.

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