Definition of crack

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
  

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• a narrow opening (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: gap
  

  Example:
  He opened the window a crack.
  

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• a long narrow depression in a surface (noun.shape)

  Synonym: chap, cranny, crevice, fissure
  

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• a sudden sharp noise (noun.event)

  Synonym: cracking, snap
  

  Example:
  The crack of a whip.
  He heard the cracking of the ice.
  

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• a chance to do something (noun.state)

  Synonym: shot
  

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• witty remark (noun.communication)

  Synonym: quip, sally, wisecrack
  

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• a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts (noun.attribute)

  Example:
  There was a crack in the mirror.
  

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• a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: crack cocaine, tornado
  

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• a usually brief attempt (noun.act)

  Synonym: fling, go, offer, pass, whirl
  

  Example:
  He took a crack at it.
  

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• the act of cracking something (noun.act)

  Synonym: cracking, fracture
  

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• 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)

• of the highest quality (adj.all)

  Synonym: a-one, ace, first-rate, super, tiptop, top-notch, topnotch, tops
  

  Example:
  A crack shot.
  

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verb (v)

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only (verb.change)

  Synonym: break, check
  

  Example:
  The glass cracked when it was heated.
  

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• make a very sharp explosive sound (verb.perception)

  Example:
  His gun cracked.
  

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• make a sharp sound (verb.perception)

  Synonym: snap
  

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• hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise (verb.contact)

  Example:
  The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler.
  

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• pass through (a barrier) (verb.change)

  Synonym: break through
  

  Example:
  Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county.
  

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• break partially but keep its integrity (verb.change)

  Example:
  The glass cracked.
  

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• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension (verb.change)

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• gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions (verb.social)

  Example:
  She cracked my password.
  Crack a safe.
  

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• suffer a nervous breakdown (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: break up, collapse, crack up, crock up
  

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• tell spontaneously (verb.communication)

  Example:
  Crack a joke.
  

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• cause to become cracked (verb.change)

  Example:
  Heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair.
  

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• reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking (verb.change)

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• break into simpler molecules by means of heat (verb.change)

  Example:
  The petroleum cracked.
  

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• 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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