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adjective


(1)   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"

noun


(2)   The act of cracking something
(3)   A usually brief attempt
"He took a crack at it"
"I gave it a whirl"
(4)   A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
(5)   A narrow opening
"He opened the window a crack"
(6)   A blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
"There was a crack in the mirror"
(7)   Witty remark
(8)   A sudden sharp noise
"The crack of a whip"
"He heard the cracking of the ice"
"He can hear the snap of a twig"
(9)   A long narrow opening
(10)   A long narrow depression in a surface
(11)   A chance to do something
"He wanted a shot at the champion"

verb


(12)   Break into simpler molecules by means of heat
"The petroleum cracked"
(13)   Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
(14)   Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
"The glass cracked when it was heated"
(15)   Cause to become cracked
"Heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
(16)   Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
"The rope snapped"
(17)   Break partially but keep its integrity
"The glass cracked"
(18)   Pass through (a barrier)
"Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
(19)   Tell spontaneously
"Crack a joke"
(20)   Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
"The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
(21)   Suffer a nervous breakdown
(22)   Make a sharp sound
"His fingers snapped"
(23)   Make a very sharp explosive sound
"His gun cracked"
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Etymology


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.
  2. A narrow opening.
    We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.
    Open the door a crack.
  3. A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
    I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
  4. A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
    • Whitney Houston:
      I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack.
  5. The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
    The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
  6. Any sharp sound.
    The crack of the bat hitting the ball.
  7. An opportunity to attempt something.
    I'd like to take a crack at that game.
  8. vagina.
    I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!
  9. The space between the buttocks.
    Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.
  10. 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.
  11. Business/events
    What's the crack?
  12. A program, password or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
  13. a meaningful chat.
  14. good fun. (See usage note re Scots sense).
    • 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!
  15. Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

Usage notes

In the last few decades the word has been adopted into Gaelic; as there is no "k" in the Irish language the spelling has been devised.

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.
  2. To break apart under pressure.
    When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
  3. To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
    Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
  4. To yield under interrogation.
    When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
  5. To make a cracking sound.
    The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
  6. To change rapidly in register.
    His voice cracked with emotion.
  7. To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
    His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
  8. To make a sharply humorous comment.
    "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.
  9. To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
    That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
  10. To make a crack or cracks in.
    The ball cracked the window.
  11. To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
    You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
  12. To strike forcefully.
    She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
  13. To open slightly.
    Could you please crack the window?
  14. To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
    They managed to crack him on the third day.
  15. To solve a difficult problem.
    I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
  16. 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.
  17. To cause to make a sharp sound.
    • 2001: Doug McGuinn, The Apple Indians
      Hershell cracked his knuckles, a nervous habit that drove Inez crazy....
  18. To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
    Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700 °C.
  19. To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
    I'd love to crack open a beer.
  20. To tell (a joke).

Adjective



  1. Highly trained and competent.
    Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.

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