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| 1. | [ adjective ] making a loud sharp sound as of a rifle shot or a breaking branch or a whip | |
| Examples: | "lion tamers with their cracking whips" |
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| Related terms: | noisy | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the act of cracking something | |
| Synonyms: | crack fracture | |
| Related terms: | breakage crack fracture | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a sudden sharp noise | |
| Synonyms: | crack 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 crack snap | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (informal) very good | |
| Synonyms: | great swell bully keen dandy corking peachy neat nifty not_bad groovy slap-up cool smashing bang-up | |
| Examples: | "a bully pulpit" "a neat sports car" "had a great time at the party" "you look simply smashing" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism good | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (chemistry) the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process) | |
| Related terms: | chemical_process hydrocracking crack | |
| Similar spelling: |
croaking creaking creakingly crushing crossing crashing cracksman crushingly crouching Crossin Creason |
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