'Crack' definitions:

Definition of 'crack'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)]
noun
A long narrow opening [syn: crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure]
noun
A narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" [syn: gap, crack]
noun
A long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap]
noun
A sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" [syn: crack, cracking, snap]
noun
A chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion" [syn: shot, crack]
noun
Witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip]
noun
A blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror"
noun
A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive [syn: crack, crack cocaine, tornado]
noun
A usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer]
noun
The act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack, cracking]
verb
Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" [syn: crack, check, break]
verb
Make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"
verb
Make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" [syn: snap, crack]
verb
Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
verb
Pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" [syn: break through, crack]
verb
Break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"
verb
Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped" [syn: snap, crack]
verb
Gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"
verb
Suffer a nervous breakdown [syn: crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse]
verb
Tell spontaneously; "crack a joke"
verb
Cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
verb
Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
verb
Break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"

Definition of 'Crack'

From: GCIDE
  • Crack \Crack\, n.
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense. [1913 Webster]
  • My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip. [1913 Webster]
  • Will the stretch out to the crack of doom? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The tone of voice when changed at puberty. [1913 Webster]
  • Though now our voices Have got the mannish crack. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A crazy or crack-brained person. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • I . . . can not get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack and a projector. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A boast; boasting. [Obs.] "Crack and brags." --Burton. "Vainglorius cracks." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. Breach of chastity. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Val. 'T is a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack. [Eng. & Scot. Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 11. Free conversation; friendly chat. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
  • What is crack in English? . . . A crack is . . . a chat with a good, kindly human heart in it. --P. P. Alexander. [1913 Webster]
  • 12. a witty remark; a wisecrack. [PJC]
  • 13. a chance or opportunity to do something; an attempt; as, I'll take a crack at it. [PJC]
  • 14. a form of cocaine, highly purified and prepared as small pellets, especially suitable for smoking; -- also called rock. Used in this form it appears to be more addicting than cocaine powder. [slang] [PJC]

Definition of 'Crack'

From: GCIDE
  • Crack \Crack\, a. Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of; as, a crack shot. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • One of our crack speakers in the Commons. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crack'

From: GCIDE
  • Crack \Crack\, v. i.
  • 1. To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts. [1913 Webster]
  • By misfortune it cracked in the coling. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
  • The mirror cracked from side to side. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be ruined or impaired; to fail. [Collog.] [1913 Webster]
  • The credit . . . of exchequers cracks, when little comes in and much goes out. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound. [1913 Webster]
  • As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of. [Archaic.] [1913 Webster]
  • Ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crack'

From: GCIDE
  • Crack \Crack\ (kr[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cracked (kr[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cracking.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crake, Cracknel, Creak.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze. [1913 Webster]
  • O, madam, my old heart is cracked. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • He thought none poets till their brains were cracked. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low] [1913 Webster]
  • To crack a bottle, to open the bottle and drink its contents.
  • To crack a crib, to commit burglary. [Slang]
  • To crack on, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more steam. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'crack'

From: GCIDE
  • Cocaine \Co"ca*ine\, n. (Chem.) A powerful narcotic alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain. It is classified as addictive and is not available in the U. S. without a prescription, but is nevertheless one of the most widespread illegal drugs of abuse. It is used in several forms, including small pellets of free base, called crack. Most of the cacaine illegally used in the U.S. is imported. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Synonyms of 'crack'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Crack'