Crack

noun
kræk

Adjective

  • of the highest quality

    a crack shot

    Similar:A-oneAceFirst-rateSuperTiptop

Noun

  • a sudden sharp noise

    the crack of a whip

    he heard the cracking of the ice

    Similar:CrackingSnap
    Type of:Noise
  • a usually brief attempt

    he took a crack at it

    Similar:FlingGoOfferPassWhirl
    Type of:AttemptEffortEndeavor
  • a narrow opening

    he opened the window a crack

    Similar:Gap
    Type of:Opening
  • a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts

    there was a crack in the mirror

    Type of:DefectBlemishMar
  • a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

    Similar:Tornado
    Type of:CocainCocaine
  • a long narrow opening

    Similar:CleftCreviceFissureScissure
    Type of:GapOpening
  • a chance to do something

    Similar:Shot
    Type of:ChanceOpportunity
  • witty remark

    Similar:QuipSallyWisecrack
    Type of:CommentRemarkInput
  • a long narrow depression in a surface

    Similar:ChapCrannyCreviceFissure
    Type of:ImprintDepressionImpression
  • the act of cracking something

    Type of:BreakageBreakBreaking

Verb

  • become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

    The glass cracked when it was heated

    Similar:BreakCheck
    Type of:Change
  • pass through (a barrier)

    Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county

    Type of:Pass
  • gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions

    she cracked my password

    crack a safe

    Type of:Break
  • break into simpler molecules by means of heat

    The petroleum cracked

    Type of:Change
  • break partially but keep its integrity

    The glass cracked

    Type of:BreakCheck
  • cause to become cracked

    heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair

    Type of:ModifyAlterChange
  • hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise

    The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler

    Type of:Hit
  • make a very sharp explosive sound

    His gun cracked

    Type of:SoundGo
  • tell spontaneously

    crack a joke

    Type of:ReciteRecountTell
  • suffer a nervous breakdown

    Similar:Collapse
    Type of:HaveGetSuffer
  • break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

    Similar:Snap
    Type of:SeparateBreak
  • make a sharp sound

    Similar:Snap
    Type of:SoundGo
  • reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

    Type of:Decompose

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