English
Noun
crack (plural: cracks )
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material
- A large crack had formed in the roadway
- A narrow opening
- We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall
- When forming an opening, a small amount
- Open the door a crack
- (onomatopoetic): The sharp sound made when solid material breaks
- The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles
- (onomatopoetic): Any sharp sound
- the crack of the bat hitting the ball
- A sharply humorous comment
- I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle
- (vulgar) The space between the buttocks
- Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing
- (Irish slang) Fun, good times.
- The party was great crack. (Sometimes spelt craic).
- (Computing) Any program designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- A potent, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe .
Intransitive Verb
crack (cracks , cracked , cracking )
- To form cracks
- It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack
- To break apart under pressure
- When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked
- To become debilitated by psychological pressure
- Anyone would crack after being hounded like that
- To yield under interrogation
- When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked
- To make a cracking sound
- The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six
- (of a voice) To change rapidly in register
- His voice cracked with emotion
- (of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering
- His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen
- To make a sharply humorous comment
- "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked
- (Computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
Transitive Verb
crack (cracks , cracked , cracking )
- To break open by strong pressure
- You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut
- To open slightly
- Could you please crack the window open?
- To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure
- They managed to crack him on the third day
- To solve a difficult problem
- I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight
- (colloquial) To open a canned beverage
- I'd love to crack open a beer
Adjective
crack
- Highly trained and competent
- Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case
- slightly ajar, as a door
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