'To crack on' definitions:
Definition of 'To crack on'
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]
Words containing 'To crack on'
- Crack,
- Cracked,
- Cracking,
- crack down,
- crack down on,
- crack up,
- Sand crack,
- To crack a bottle,
- To crack a crib,
- crack addict,
- crack cocaine,
- crack of doom,
- crack shot,
- crack willow,
- crack-up,
- cracked wheat,
- fatigue crack,
- get cracking,
- nasty crack,
- quarter crack,
- take a crack at,
- toe crack,
- Crack-brained,
- Crack-loo,
- Half-cracked,
- cracked crackled crazed,
- cracked-wheat bread