 crack |
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| 1. | [ verb ] become fractured; break or crack on the surface only | |
| Synonyms: | break check | |
| Examples: | "The glass cracked when it was heated" |
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| Related terms: | change check fracture | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (arms) make a very sharp explosive sound | |
| Examples: | "His gun cracked" |
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| Related terms: | go firecracker | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a long narrow opening | |
| Synonyms: | crevice fissure scissure cleft | |
| Related terms: | opening fault vent crevasse chap fatigue_crack slit rift split crater chink fissure | |
| 4. | [ verb ] pass through, as through a barrier | |
| Synonyms: | break_through | |
| Examples: | "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" |
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| Related terms: | pass | |
| 5. | [ verb ] as of tightly stretched ropes or fingers | |
| Synonyms: | snap | |
| Related terms: | go cracker | |
| 6. | [ verb ] hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise | |
| Examples: | : "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler" |
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| Related terms: | hit fracture | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] of the highest quality | |
| Synonyms: | super topnotch first-rate tiptop ace tops a-one | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism superior | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a narrow opening | |
| Synonyms: | gap | |
| Examples: | "he opened the window a crack" |
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| Related terms: | opening lacuna spark_gap gap | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] (informal) of the highest quality | |
| Synonyms: | super topnotch first-rate tiptop A-one tops ace | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | superior | |
| 10. | [ noun ] a long narrow depression in a surface | |
| Synonyms: | crevice chap fissure cranny | |
| Related terms: | depression fissure | |
| 11. | [ verb ] break suddenly and abruptly; as of something under tension | |
| Synonyms: | snap | |
| Examples: | "The rope snapped" |
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| Related terms: | break snap | |
| 12. | [ verb ] break partially but keep its integrity | |
| Examples: | "The glass cracked" |
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| Related terms: | craze alligator chap | |
| 13. | [ noun ] a sudden sharp noise | |
| Synonyms: | cracking snap | |
| Examples: | "the crack of a whip" "he heard the cracking of the ice" "he can hear the snap of a twig" |
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| Related terms: | noise snap | |
| 14. | [ verb ] (medicine) suffer a nervous breakdown | |
| Synonyms: | crack_up collapse break_up crock_up | |
| Related terms: | suffer collapse | |
| 15. | [ noun ] (informal) a chance to do something | |
| Synonyms: | shot | |
| Examples: | "he wanted a shot at the champion" |
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| Related terms: | opportunity colloquialism | |
| 16. | [ verb ] break into simpler molecules by means of heat | |
| Examples: | "The petroleum cracked" |
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| Related terms: | change chemistry | |
| 17. | [ noun ] a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something | |
| Synonyms: | chip check | |
| Related terms: | blemish nick | |
| 18. | [ noun ] a usually brief attempt | |
| Synonyms: | go pass whirl offer fling | |
| Examples: | "he took a crack at it" "I gave it a whirl" |
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| Related terms: | attempt | |
| 19. | [ verb ] tell spontaneously | |
| Examples: | "crack a joke" |
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| Related terms: | tell wisecrack | |
| 20. | [ verb ] reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking | |
| Related terms: | decompose chemistry | |
| 21. | [ verb ] cause to become cracked | |
| Examples: | "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" |
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| Related terms: | change fissure check | |
| 22. | [ noun ] a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts | |
| Examples: | "there was a crack in the mirror" |
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| Related terms: | blemish craze | |
| 23. | [ noun ] witty remark | |
| Synonyms: | sally quip wisecrack | |
| Related terms: | remark gag | |
| 24. | [ noun ] (pharmacology) a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted | |
| Synonyms: | tornado | |
| Related terms: | C | |
| 25. | [ noun ] the act of cracking something | |
| Synonyms: | cracking fracture | |
| Related terms: | breakage fracture | |
| Similar spelling: |
creak crock crick Croak creaky croaky Cruce crake Crace creek Crecy Croke Crook Croce carack creche Creasy crease Crooke Crooks Creagh Creach Cracow Creasey Croskey |
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