Crack

Etymology 1
cracian: (meaning resonance), from, probably onomatopoeic.

Noun

 * 1) A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
 * A large crack had formed in the roadway.
 * 1) A narrow opening.
 * We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.
 * Open the door a crack.
 * 1) A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
 * I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
 * 1) A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
 * 2) * Whitney Houston:
 * I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack.
 * 1)  The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
 * The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
 * 1)  Any sharp sound.
 * The crack of the bat hitting the ball.
 * 1)  An opportunity to attempt something.
 * I'd like to take a crack at that game.
 * 1)  vagina.
 * I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!
 * 1)  The space between the buttocks.
 * Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.
 * 1)  Conviviality; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company.
 * The crack was guid.
 * Thon was guid crack.
 * He/she is quare good crack.
 * The party was great crack.
 * 1)  Business/events
 * What's the crack?
 * 1)  A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
 * Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?
 * 1)  a meaningful chat.
 * 2)  good fun. (See usage note re Scots sense).
 * 3) * 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
 * By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!
 * 1)  Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
 * By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!
 * 1)  Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

Synonyms

 * bum crack, arse crack , ass crack
 * crack cocaine

Verb

 * 1)  To form cracks.
 * It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.
 * 1)  To break apart under pressure.
 * When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
 * 1)  To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
 * Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
 * 1)  To yield under interrogation.
 * When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
 * 1)  To make a cracking sound.
 * The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
 * 1)  To change rapidly in register.
 * His voice cracked with emotion.
 * 1)  To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
 * His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
 * 1)  To make a sharply humorous comment.
 * "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.
 * 1)  To make a crack or cracks in.
 * The ball cracked the window.
 * 1)  To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
 * You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
 * 1)  To strike forcefully.
 * She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
 * 1)  To open slightly.
 * Could you please crack the window?
 * 1)  To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
 * They managed to crack him on the third day.
 * 1)  To solve a difficult problem.
 * I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
 * 1)  To overcome a security system or a component.
 * ''It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe.
 * They finally cracked the code.
 * 1)  To cause to make a sharp sound.
 * 2) * 2001, Doug McGuinn, The Apple Indians
 * Hershell cracked his knuckles, a nervous habit that drove Inez crazy....
 * 1)  To tell (a joke).
 * 2)  To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
 * Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700 °C.
 * 1)  To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
 * That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
 * 1)  To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
 * I'd love to crack open a beer.
 * 1)  To brag, boast.
 * 2) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.1.v:
 * Cardan cracks' that he can cure all diseases with water alone, as Hippocrates of old did most infirmities with one medicine.

Related terms

 * crazed (exhibiting fine-line cracks)

Etymology 2
1793 slang, of origin

Adjective

 * 1) Highly trained and competent.
 * Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
 * 1) Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
 * She's a crack shot with that rifle.

Derived terms

 * crack train
 * crack troops

Related terms

 * cracker-jack

Find words for Crack
(blow)

Adjectives
sharp; smart; mannish; punitive; admonitory; disciplinary; surreptitious; vindictive; solar plexus; resounding.

(fissure)

Adjectives
shallow; minute; widening; seamy; ragged ; fearful; devastating.

Verbs
close—; fill—; peer through—; seal—; seep through—; shine through—; squeeze into—; stretch out—; trace—; widen—; —breaks; —bursts;   —damages;  —endangers; —gapes; —opens; —separates; -—weakens; —widens; —yawns.

Thesaurus
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wound, mot, move, mutilate, mutilation, nasty crack, neat, needle scar, nevus, niche, no mean, notch, note, nullah, observation, offer, ope, open, open the lock, open up, opening, opening up, orifice, outlet, oxidate, oxidize, parch, part, parting shot, pass, passage, passageway, paste, pelt, percussion, persiflage, phrase, pierce, pimple, pistol shot, pit, play of wit, pleasantry, pleat, plow, plumb, plunk, pock, pockmark, poke, politic, pop, popularize, pore, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, position, potshot, pound, problem, professional, proficient, pronouncement, psych, psych out, punch, puncture, pustule, put-down, put-on, puzzle out, pyrolyze, question, quick, quip, quips and cranks, quite some, rabbet, rap, rationalize, ravel, ravel out, ravine, ready, reflection, remark, rend, rent, repartee, report, resolve, resourceful, retort, riddle, rifle, rifling, rift, rime, rip, riposte, rive, ruck, rude reproach, run, rupture, rut, sally, salvo, savage, say, saying, scab, scald, 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yawn, yerk

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: пукнатина, цепнатина
 * Czech: trhlina, prasklina, puklina
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , ,
 * Kurdish:


 * Macedonian: пукнатина, цеп
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, fisură
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: škvíra, mezírka, štěrbina
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Macedonian: пукнатина,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: rendija
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian: саркастична забележка
 * Czech:, vtípek, fórek
 * Finnish: lohkaisu


 * French: plaisanterie
 * Macedonian: досетка
 * Spanish: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: crack


 * Greek: κρακ
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian: трясък, пукване
 * Czech: prasknutí, křupnutí, rupnutí
 * Dutch: gekraak
 * Finnish: risahdus, rasahdus, rusahdus
 * French: craquement
 * German:, Knacks, Krachen


 * Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: цеп, пукање
 * Portuguese: estalo
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: räsähdys


 * Estonian: pragu
 * Finnish:


 * Romanian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:, persvako


 * Finnish: turina


 * : chasquido
 * : పగులు (pagulu) ( పగుళ్ళు) (1, 2), చీలిక (cheelika), నెర్రె (nerre)

Verb

 * Dutch:


 * Spanish: agrietarse


 * Dutch:


 * French: craquer


 * Dutch:


 * : resquebrajar
 * : పగులు (pagulu), చీలు (cheelu), నెర్రెలిచ్చు (nerrelicchu), పగులగొట్టు (pagulagoTTu)

Derived terms

 * bumcrack
 * crack a crib
 * crack a fat
 * crack baby
 * crack down
 * cracked
 * cracker
 * crack house


 * crack kills
 * crack of dawn
 * crack on
 * crack seed
 * crack up
 * crack whore
 * difficult nut to crack
 * hard nut to crack
 * tough nut to crack
 * what's the crack
 * wisecrack

Noun

 * 1) crack (variety of cocaine)

Noun

 * 1) crack (variety of cocaine)
 * 2) excellent sportsman