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Phonetics
/kɹæk/
noun
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
Example: A large crack had formed in the roadway.A narrow opening.
Example: Open the door a crack.A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
Example: I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
Example: crack headThe sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
Example: The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.Any sharp sound.
Example: The crack of the bat hitting the ball.A sharp, resounding blow.
An attempt at something.
Example: I'd like to take a crack at that game.Vagina.
Example: I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!The space between the buttocks.
Example: Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
Example: He/she is quare good crack.Business; events; news.
Example: What's the crack?A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
Example: Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?(elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
Example: He has a crack.A crazy or crack-brained person.
A boast; boasting.
Breach of chastity.
A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
Example: I'll be with you in a crack.verb
To form cracks.
Example: It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.To break apart under pressure.
Example: When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
Example: Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
Example: When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.To make a cracking sound.
Example: The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.(of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
Example: His voice cracked with emotion.(of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
Example: His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.To make a sharply humorous comment.
Example: "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.To make a crack or cracks in.
Example: The ball cracked the window.To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
Example: You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.To strike forcefully.
Example: She cracked him over the head with her handbag.To open slightly.
Example: Could you please crack the window?To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
Example: They managed to crack him on the third day.To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.)
Example: I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.To overcome a security system or a component.
Example: It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe.To cause to make a sharp sound.
Example: to crack a whipTo tell (a joke).
Example: The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke.To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
Example: Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C.To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
Example: That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
Example: I'd love to crack open a beer.To brag, boast.
To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
Phonetics
/kɹæk/
adjective
Highly trained and competent.
Example: Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
Example: She's a crack shot with that rifle.