crack
IPA: krˈæk
noun
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- A narrow opening.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- (hydrodynamics, US, dated) An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.
- (Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- (archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
- (archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.
- (obsolete) A boast; boasting.
- (obsolete) Breach of chastity.
- (obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
- (slang, dated, UK) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
- (obsolete) One who excels; the best.
- A surname
verb
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (intransitive, LGBT, slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (obsolete) To brag; to boast.
- (archaic, colloquial) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
adjective
- Highly trained and competent.
- Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
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Examples of "crack" in Sentences
- There are cracks in the ironwork.
- The crack is analogous to opening the box.
- The texture of the bark is finely cracked.
- The first to crack the watermelon open wins.
- The permeable loess was found to be cracked.
- But cracks soon begin to show in the veneer.
- The punch cracked the wall of the auditorium.
- He opened the door a hair and peeked through the crack.
- He reached the end of the hallway and cracked open a door.
- But cracks are beginning to appear in this facade of disavowal.
- Albret's nostrils expanded as he heard the _crack, crack, crack_ of the remorseless dog-whip whose sting drew him away from the vain pursuit.
- "Hurrah!" came from the right, and the cheer was taken up from the left, while _crack, crack, crack_, rifles were being brought well into play.
- Galen Albret's nostrils expanded as he heard the _crack, crack, crack_ of the remorseless dog-whip whose sting drew him away from the vain pursuit.
- Now the darkness was cut by a bright flash of light right in front; there was the sharp crack of a rifle, and right and left _flash, crack, flash, crack_, ran along a line.
- If they wanted to make the song more conservative they should have complained some other parts of the song instead. haha "crack crack crack* Sounds like some kind of subliminal message.
- He slipped over the ragged mat which formed the eaves, and the next moment, _crack, crack, crack_, he was hanging feet downwards, and then fell heavily in a cloud of dust bump upon the trampled earth, in company with a snake about six feet long, which began to glide rapidly away.
- "Ready!" attacked in his turn, striking hard and as swiftly as he could, but _crack, crack, crack_, wherever he struck, there was the defensive sapling; and at last, with his arm and shoulder aching, the boy lowered his point and stood panting, with his brow moist with beads of perspiration.
- What more the skipper would have spoken remained unsaid, for _crack, crack, crack_! sounding smothered amongst the trees, came the reports of the rifles and the replies made by Don Ramon's vedettes as they were driven in, and the skipper's eyes flashed as he placed a little whistle to his lips and blew shrilly, bringing his own men together at the run.
- These words drove all the heroic thoughts out of my brain, and I tried to look back to see how near our pursuers were; but I could not turn my head round, but only listen to the shouts, while _crack, crack, crack_ came the reports of rifles -- badly aimed by the mounted men, who fired from the saddle, holding their weapons pistol-wise -- the bullets from which went whizzing and buzzing past our ears.
- Then flash after flash cut the darkness, and _crack, crack, crack_ came the reports of the rifles, as the men fired in what they believed to be my direction; but I heard no whistling bullet, and the firing ceased as quickly as it had begun, for there was the risk of my pursuers inflicting injury upon their fellows who led, and whom I could hear thundering along behind me, while with voice and knee I urged Sandho on at his greatest speed.