crack
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/kɹæk/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-crack.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "æk" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Noun
crack (plural cracks)
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- A large crack had formed in the roadway.
- A narrow opening.
- We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.
- Open the door a crack.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
- A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (Can we date this quote?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Whitney Houston:
- I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack.
- (Can we date this quote?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Whitney Houston:
- Lua error: Parameter 1 is required. The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
- Lua error: Parameter 1 is required. Any sharp sound.
- The crack of the bat hitting the ball.
- Lua error in Module:form_of/templates at line 132: Parameter 1 is required. An opportunity to attempt something.
- I'd like to take a crack at that game.
- Template:vulgar vagina.
- I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!
- Template:vulgar The space between the buttocks.
- Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.
- Template:Northern England Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company.
- 2001, William F. Gray, The Villain, iUniverse, p. 214:
- Being a native of Northumberland, she was enjoying their banter and Geordie good humour. This was what she needed — good company and good crack.
- 2004, Bill Griffiths, Dictionary of North East Dialect, Northumbria University Press (quoting Dunn, 1950)
- "his a bit o' good crack — interesting to talk to"
- 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
- By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!
- The crack was good.
- That was good crack.
- He/she is quare good crack.
- The party was great crack.
- 2001, William F. Gray, The Villain, iUniverse, p. 214:
- Template:Northern England Business/events
- What's the crack?
- Template:computing A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?
- Template:Cumbria a meaningful chat.
- Template:Internet slang Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
Usage notes
- (Scots language, common in lowland Scotland and Ulster, conviviality): In the last few decades the word has been adopted into Gaelic; as there is no "k" in the Irish language the spelling (deprecated template usage) craic has been devised.
Synonyms
- (vulgar: space between the buttocks): bum crack (UK), arse crack (UK), ass crack (US)
- (cocaine that is heat-altered at the moment of inhalation): crack cocaine
Translations
thin space opened in a previously solid material
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narrow opening
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sharply humorous comment
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variety of cocaine
sharp sound made when solid material breaks
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any sharp sound
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opportunity to attempt something — see try
vulgar: vagina (only terms derived from "crack" and its equivalents)
vulgar: space between buttocks
conviviality, good discussion
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Etymology 1
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) crakken, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) cracian, from Template:proto (compare West Frisian (deprecated template usage) kreakje, Dutch (deprecated template usage) kraken, German (deprecated template usage) krachen), from Template:proto (compare Lithuanian (deprecated template usage) gìrgžděti ‘to creak’, Armenian (deprecated template usage) karkac ‘noise, uproar’, Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) garjati ‘to roar, hum’).
Verb
crack (third-person singular simple present cracks, present participle cracking, simple past and past participle cracked)
- Template:intransitive To form cracks.
- It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.
- Template:intransitive To break apart under pressure.
- When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
- Template:intransitive To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
- Template:intransitive To yield under interrogation.
- When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
- Template:intransitive To make a cracking sound.
- The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
- Template:intransitive To change rapidly in register.
- His voice cracked with emotion.
- Template:intransitive To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
- Template:intransitive To make a sharply humorous comment.
- "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.
- Template:transitive To make a crack or cracks in.
- The ball cracked the window.
- Template:transitive To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
- Template:transitive To strike forcefully.
- She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
- Template:transitive To open slightly.
- Could you please crack the window?
- Template:transitive To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
- They managed to crack him on the third day.
- Template:transitive To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.)
- I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
- Template:transitive To overcome a security system or a component.
- It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe.
- They finally cracked the code.
- Template:transitive To cause to make a sharp sound.
- 2001, Doug McGuinn, The Apple Indians
- Hershell cracked his knuckles, a nervous habit that drove Inez crazy....
- 2001, Doug McGuinn, The Apple Indians
- Template:transitive To tell (a joke).
- Template:transitive To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700 °C.
- Template:transitive To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
- Template:transitive To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- I'd love to crack open a beer.
- Template:obsolete To brag, boast.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.1.v:
- Cardan cracks' that he can cure all diseases with water alone, as Hippocrates of old did most infirmities with one medicine.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.1.v:
Translations
To form cracks
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To break apart under pressure
To become debilitated by psychological pressure
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Derived terms
terms derived from crack
Related terms
- crazed (exhibiting fine-line cracks)
Etymology 2
1793 slang, of Template:unk. origin
Adjective
crack (not comparable)
- Highly trained and competent.
- Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
- Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
- She's a crack shot with that rifle.
Derived terms
Related terms
Finnish
Noun
crack
- crack (variety of cocaine)
Declension
| Inflection of crack (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | crack | crackit | |
| genitive | crackin | crackien | |
| partitive | crackiä | crackejä | |
| illative | crackiin | crackeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | crack | crackit | |
| accusative | nom. | crack | crackit |
| gen. | crackin | ||
| genitive | crackin | crackien | |
| partitive | crackiä | crackejä | |
| inessive | crackissä | crackeissä | |
| elative | crackistä | crackeistä | |
| illative | crackiin | crackeihin | |
| adessive | crackillä | crackeillä | |
| ablative | crackiltä | crackeiltä | |
| allative | crackille | crackeille | |
| essive | crackinä | crackeinä | |
| translative | crackiksi | crackeiksi | |
| abessive | crackittä | crackeittä | |
| instructive | — | crackein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Spanish
Noun
crack m (plural cracks)
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