crack

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crack

crack (third-person singular simple present cracks, present participle cracking, simple past and past participle cracked)

1. (intransitive) To form cracks.

   Its been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.

2. (intransitive) To break apart under pressure.

   When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.

3. (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

   Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.

4. (intransitive) To yield under interrogation.

   When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.

5. (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.

   The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.

6. (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.

   His voice cracked with emotion.

7. (intransitive, of a pubescent boys voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

   His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.

8. (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.

   ""I would too, with a face like that,"" she cracked.

9. (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.

   The ball cracked the window.

10. (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

    Youll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.

11. (transitive) To strike forcefully.

    She cracked him over the head with her handbag.

12. (transitive) To open slightly.

    Could you please crack the window?

13. (transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)

    They managed to crack him on the third day.

14. (transitive) To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.)

    Ive finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.

15. (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.

16. (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....

17. (transitive) To tell (a joke).
18. (transitive, chemistry, informal) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

    Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700 °C.

19. (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

    That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.

20. (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

    Id love to crack open a beer.

21. (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.

crack (plural cracks)

1. A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

   A large crack had formed in the roadway.

2. A narrow opening.

   We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.

   Open the door a crack.

   • 2011 January 25, Phil McNulty, “Blackpool 2 - 3 Man Utd”, BBC:

     Dimitar Berbatov found the first cracks in the home sides resilience when he pulled one back from close range and Hernandez himself drew the visitors level with a composed finish three minutes later as Bloomfield Roads earlier jubilation turned to despair.

3. A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

   I didnt appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.

4. A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Whitney Houston:

     I wouldnt use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack.

5. (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

   The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.

6. (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.

   The crack of the bat hitting the ball.

   • 2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, BBC Sport:

     She broke to love in the opening game, only for Bartoli to hit straight back in game two, which was interrupted by a huge crack of thunder that made Lisicki jump and prompted nervous laughter from the 15,000 spectators.

7. (informal) An opportunity to attempt something.

   Id like to take a crack at that game.

8. (vulgar, slang) vagina.

   Im so horny even the crack of dawn isnt safe!

9. (vulgar) The space between the buttocks.

   Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.

10. (Scotland, common in lowland Scotland and Ulster) Conviviality; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company.

    The crack was guid.

    Thon was guid crack.

    He/she is quare good crack.

    The party was great crack.

11. (Geordie, Scots, Liverpudlian) Business/events

    Whats the crack?

12. (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

    Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?

13. (Cumbrian, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
14. (Ireland, informal, Liverpudlian) good fun. (See usage note re Scots sense).
    • 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:

      By the time weve got a good drunk on us therell be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!

15. (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

crack (not comparable)

1. Highly trained and competent.

   Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.

2. Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

   Shes a crack shot with that rifle.

Definizione dizionario crack

	crepa
	Segno di crisi e decadenza.

	fessura
	A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

incrinare

schiacciare

screpolatura

affettare

apertura

aprire

burrone

canyon

crepare

crepatura

dividere

eccellente

esplodere

esplosione

fare a pezzi

fendere

fenditura

incrinatura

infrangersi

lesione

macinare

patatrac

rompere

rompersi

schianto

schioccare

schiocco

sciogliere

scoppiare

scoppio

screpolare

separare

spaccare

spaccarsi

spaccatura

spacco

spezzare

strappare

tagliare

tentativo

triturare

Altri significati:

(transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

variety of cocaine

A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

(intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.

(transitive) To open slightly.

A narrow opening.

(Irish, informal, Liverpudlian) good fun. (See usage note re Scots sense).

To form cracks

(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.

(transitive) To tell (a joke).

sharp sound made when solid material breaks

(intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.

(intransitive) To form cracks.

sharply humorous comment

(intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

(transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.

(Cumbrian, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.

(vulgar, slang) vagina.

(Scottish, common in lowland Scotland and Ulster) Conviviality; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company.

Highly trained and competent.

(transitive, chemistry, informal) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

A variety of cocaine, often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

To break apart under pressure

(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.

Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

(transitive) To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.)

flaw or roughness (esp. in skin)

thin space opened in a previously solid material

vulgar: vagina (only terms derived from "crack" and its equivalents)

(vulgar) The space between the buttocks.

(intransitive) To break apart under pressure.

A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.

(to) crack

The groove between the buttocks.

(obsolete) To brag, boast.

(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

(transitive) To strike forcefully.

(Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

(intransitive) To yield under interrogation.

(transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. ( '''Figurative''' )

(informal) An opportunity to attempt something.

(transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

(transitive) To overcome a security system or a component.

(transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

(Geordie, Scots, Liverpudlian) Business/events

(computing) A program, password or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

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