noun
a long narrow opening
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noun
a narrow opening
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- he opened the window a crack
noun
a long narrow depression in a surface
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noun
a sudden sharp noise
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- the crack of a whip
- he heard the cracking of the ice
- he can hear the snap of a twig
noun
a chance to do something
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- he wanted a shot at the champion
noun
witty remark
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noun
a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
Examples
- there was a crack in the mirror
noun
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
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- highly addictive
noun
a usually brief attempt
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- he took a crack at it
- I gave it a whirl
noun
the act of cracking something
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verb
become fractured
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- break or crack on the surface only
- The glass cracked when it was heated
verb
make a very sharp explosive sound
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- His gun cracked
verb
make a sharp sound
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- his fingers snapped
verb
hit forcefully
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- deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler
verb
pass through (a barrier)
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break through
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- Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county
verb
break partially but keep its integrity
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- The glass cracked
verb
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
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- The pipe snapped
verb
gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
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- she cracked my password
- crack a safe
verb
suffer a nervous breakdown
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verb
tell spontaneously
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- crack a joke
verb
cause to become cracked
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- 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
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- The petroleum cracked
adjective
of the highest quality
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- 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