Crackverb
(intransitive) To form cracks.
âIt's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.â;
Jaggedadjective
Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
Crackverb
(intransitive) To break apart under pressure.
âWhen I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.â;
Jaggedadjective
Having a rough quality.
Crackverb
(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
âAnyone would crack after being hounded like that.â;
Jaggedadjective
(computing) Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.
Crackverb
(intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
âWhen we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.â;
Jaggedverb
simple past tense and past participle of jag
Crackverb
(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
âThe bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.â;
Jaggedadjective
Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks.
Crackverb
To change rapidly in register.
âHis voice cracked with emotion.â;
Jaggedadjective
having a sharply uneven surface or outline;
âthe jagged outline of the cragsâ; âscraggy cliffsâ;
Crackverb
To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
âHis voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.â;
Jaggedadjective
having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
Crackverb
(intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
â"I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.â;
Jagged
Jagged is the fifteenth solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan, his first original album in over five years, following Pure in 2000. Stylistically Jagged was a development of its predecessor's chorus-driven, anthemic industrial sound, utilising heavier electronics and more prominent live drumming.
Crackverb
(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
âThe ball cracked the window.â;
Crackverb
(transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
âYou'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.â;
Crackverb
(transitive) To strike forcefully.
âShe cracked him over the head with her handbag.â;
Crackverb
(transitive) To open slightly.
âCould you please crack the window?â;
Crackverb
(transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
âThey managed to crack him on the third day.â;
Crackverb
(transitive) To solve a difficult problem. Figurative, from cracking a nut.
âI've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.â;
Crackverb
(transitive) To overcome a security system or a component.
âIt took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe.â; âThey finally cracked the code.â;
Crackverb
(transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
âto crack a whipâ;
Crackverb
(transitive) To tell (a joke).
âThe performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke.â;
Crackverb
To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
âAcetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C.â;
Crackverb
To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
âThat software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.â;
Crackverb
To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
âI'd love to crack open a beer.â; âLet's crack a tube and watch the game.''â;
Crackverb
(obsolete) To brag, boast.
Crackverb
To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
Cracknoun
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
âA large crack had formed in the roadway.â;
Cracknoun
A narrow opening.
âWe managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.â; âOpen the door a crack.â;
Cracknoun
A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
âI didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.â;
Cracknoun
A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
Cracknoun
(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
âThe crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.â;
Cracknoun
(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
âThe crack of the bat hitting the ball.â;
Cracknoun
(informal) An attempt at something.
âI'd like to take a crack at that game.â;
Cracknoun
Vagina.
âI'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!â;
Cracknoun
(informal) The space between the buttocks.
âPull up your pants! Your crack is showing.â;
Cracknoun
Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
âThe crack was good.â; âThat was good crack.â; âHe/she is quare good crack.â; âThe party was great crack.â;
Cracknoun
Business; events; news.
âWhat's the crack?â; âWhat's this crack about a possible merger.â;
Cracknoun
(computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
âHas anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?â;
Cracknoun
a meaningful chat.
Cracknoun
(Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
Cracknoun
The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
Cracknoun
(archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
âHe has a crack.â;
Cracknoun
(archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.
Cracknoun
(obsolete) A boast; boasting.
Cracknoun
(obsolete) Breach of chastity.
Cracknoun
(obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
Cracknoun
A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
âI'll be with you in a crack.â;
Crackadjective
Highly trained and competent.
âEven a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.â;
Crackadjective
Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
âShe's a crack shot with that rifle.â;
Crackverb
To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
Crackverb
To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
âO, madam, my old heart is cracked.â; âHe thought none poets till their brains were cracked.â;
Crackverb
To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.
Crackverb
To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.
Crackverb
To cry up; to extol; - followed by up.
Crackverb
To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.
âBy misfortune it cracked in the coling.â; âThe mirror cracked from side to side.â;
Crackverb
To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
âThe credit . . . of exchequers cracks, when little comes in and much goes out.â;
Crackverb
To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
âAs thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.â;
Crackverb
To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; - with of.
âEthoipes of their sweet complexion crack.â;
Cracknoun
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.
Cracknoun
Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
âMy love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw.â;
Cracknoun
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.
âWill the stretch out to the crack of doom?â;
Cracknoun
The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
âThough now our voicesHave got the mannish crack.â;
Cracknoun
Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.
Cracknoun
A crazy or crack-brained person.
âI . . . can not get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack and a projector.â;
Cracknoun
A boast; boasting.
Cracknoun
Breach of chastity.
Cracknoun
A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
âVal. 'T is a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam.â;
Cracknoun
A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.
Cracknoun
Free conversation; friendly chat.
âWhat is crack in English? . . . A crack is . . . a chat with a good, kindly human heart in it.â;
Cracknoun
a witty remark; a wisecrack.
Cracknoun
a chance or opportunity to do something; an attempt; as, I'll take a crack at it.
Cracknoun
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.
Crackadjective
Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of; as, a crack shot.
âOne of our crack speakers in the Commons.â;
Cracknoun
a long narrow opening
Cracknoun
a narrow opening;
âhe opened the window a crackâ;
Cracknoun
a long narrow depression in a surface
Cracknoun
a sudden sharp noise;
âthe crack of a whipâ; âhe heard the cracking of the iceâ; âhe can hear the snap of a twigâ;
Cracknoun
a chance to do something;
âhe wanted a shot at the championâ;
Cracknoun
witty remark
Cracknoun
a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts;
âthere was a crack in the mirrorâ;
Cracknoun
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
Cracknoun
a usually brief attempt;
âhe took a crack at itâ; âI gave it a whirlâ;
Cracknoun
the act of cracking something
Crackverb
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;
âThe glass cracked when it was heatedâ;
Crackverb
make a very sharp explosive sound;
âHis gun crackedâ;
Crackverb
make a sharp sound;
âhis fingers snappedâ;
Crackverb
hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise;
âThe teacher cracked him across the face with a rulerâ;
Crackverb
pass through (a barrier);
âRegistrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the countyâ;
Crackverb
break partially but keep its integrity;
âThe glass crackedâ;
Crackverb
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;
âThe rope snappedâ;
Crackverb
suffer a nervous breakdown
Crackverb
tell spontaneously;
âcrack a jokeâ;
Crackverb
cause to become cracked;
âheat and light cracked the back of the leather chairâ;
Crackverb
reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
Crackverb
break into simpler molecules by means of heat;
âThe petroleum crackedâ;
Crackadjective
of the highest quality;
âan ace reporterâ; âa crack shotâ; âa first-rate golferâ; âa super partyâ; âplayed top-notch tennisâ; âan athlete in tiptop conditionâ; âshe is absolutely topsâ;