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crack
(kr/&/k )

adjective (a)

  • Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a long narrow opening(noun.object)
    Synonym:
    cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure, slit
    source: wordnet30
  • a narrow opening(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He opened the window a crack.
    Synonym:
    gap
    source: wordnet30
  • a long narrow depression in a surface(noun.shape)
    Synonym:
    chap, cranny, crevice, fissure
    source: wordnet30
  • a sudden sharp noise(noun.event)
    Example:
    The crack of a whip.
    He heard the cracking of the ice.
    Synonym:
    cracking, snap
    source: wordnet30
  • a chance to do something(noun.state)
    Synonym:
    shot
    source: wordnet30
  • witty remark(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    quip, sally, wisecrack
    source: wordnet30
  • a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    There was a crack in the mirror.
    source: wordnet30
  • a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    crack cocaine, tornado
    source: wordnet30
  • a usually brief attempt(noun.act)
    Example:
    He took a crack at it.
    Synonym:
    fling, go, offer, pass, whirl
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of cracking something(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    cracking, fracture
    source: wordnet30
  • A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

verb (v)

  • become fractured; break or crack on the surface only(verb.change)
    Example:
    The glass cracked when it was heated.
    Synonym:
    break, check
    source: wordnet30
  • make a very sharp explosive sound(verb.perception)
    Example:
    His gun cracked.
    source: wordnet30
  • make a sharp sound(verb.perception)
    Synonym:
    snap
    source: wordnet30
  • hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler.
    source: wordnet30
  • pass through (a barrier)(verb.change)
    Example:
    Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county.
    Synonym:
    break through
    source: wordnet30
  • break partially but keep its integrity(verb.change)
    Example:
    The glass cracked.
    source: wordnet30
  • break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions(verb.social)
    Example:
    She cracked my password.
    Crack a safe.
    source: wordnet30
  • suffer a nervous breakdown(verb.emotion)
    Synonym:
    break up, collapse, crack up, crock up
    source: wordnet30
  • tell spontaneously(verb.communication)
    Example:
    Crack a joke.
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to become cracked(verb.change)
    Example:
    Heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair.
    source: wordnet30
  • reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • break into simpler molecules by means of heat(verb.change)
    Example:
    The petroleum cracked.
    source: wordnet30
  • To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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