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- the act of cracking something
- a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
- a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror"
- witty remark
- a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
- a long narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
- cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The rope snapped"
- break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"
- pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
- tell spontaneously; "crack a joke"
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped"
- make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"
- 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"
Similar Words: fracture,
cracking,
fling,
go,
pass,
whirl,
offer,
tornado,
gap,
wisecrack,
sally,
quip,
snap,
cleft,
crevice,
fissure,
scissure,
cranny,
chap,
shot,
check,
break,
break through,
crack up,
crock up,
break up,
collapse,
ace,
A-one,
first-rate,
super,
tiptop,
topnotch,
tops(p)
Hyponyms: lacuna,
blank,
spark gap,
craze,
chap,
chink,
crevasse,
fatigue crack,
fault,
geological fault,
shift,
fracture,
break,
rift,
slit,
split,
vent,
volcano,
volcanic crater,
crater,
check,
fissure,
alligator
Grouped Verbs: check,
chink,
break
Derivational Morphology:
fracture,
break,
gap,
breach,
gag,
quip,
wisecrack,
snap,
click,
fissure,
cracking,
check,
chip,
cleft,
crevice,
scissure,
sally,
collapse,
breakdown,
crack-up,
cracker,
snapper,
cracker bonbon,
firecracker,
banger
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