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crack English

Meaning crack meaning

What does crack mean?
Definitions in simple English

crack Verb

— When something cracks it breaks along a line, maybe not a straight line. It might break into two pieces, or it might break but the two pieces are still attached. She cracked an egg and put the inside of the egg into a bowl.

crack Noun

— A crack is the line where something is breaking. There is a crack from the edge of this plate to the middle. It will break soon. — A loud sound like the sound of something breaking. It was raining, and she saw a flash of lightning and heard the crack of thunder. — A strong, fairly cheap form of cocaine; crack often comes in the form of a rock and it is usually smoked in a crack-pipe. "I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack." -

crack

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

Synonyms crack synonyms

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crack English » English

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Topics crack topics

What do people use crack to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds
Language and thought

Emotion
Social behavior Social activity

Humor
Universe, creation World Land

Underground
Universe, creation World Land

Earthquake
Universe, creation Animal Animal life cycle

Egg
Person Body

Bone, joint
Person Healthy

Injure
Physical actions Posture

Move a part of the body
Physical actions Divide into pieces

Break
Physical actions Divide into pieces

Crack
States Quality Texture

Furrow
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Lightning, thunder
Person Healthy

Mental illness
Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Steal
Physical actions Move something Handle something

Actions of the hand
States Time Relative time Right time

Early

Conjugation crack conjugation

How do you conjugate crack?

crack · verb

Examples crack examples

How do I use crack in a sentence?

Simple sentences

There is a crack in the glass.
Don't pour hot water into the glass or it will crack.
I awoke this morning at the crack of dawn, only to find that the crops had been ruined by ravenous birds.
Tom is expecting near crack of doom.
The ice will crack beneath our weight.
Gas was escaping from a crack in the pipe.
The ice is too hard to crack.
The cup has a crack.
This ice is going to crack.
In order to get the coconut milk, you must first crack the coconut open.
She put the chain on the door and opened it a crack.
A sharp crack of thunder split the sky.
The ice will crack under your weight.
Looking at your eyes, I thought you must have been smoking crack, but then I realized you were an anime character.
Tom saw a crack in the wall.
Even if I use both hands, I can't crack an egg without breaking the yolk.
Don't crack a nut with a sledgehammer.
One of her choice parlor tricks was to crack walnuts with her quadriceps, to the amazement of even the most seasoned bodybuilders.
How do you always get such good marks in school? I never see you even crack a book.
Tom wakes up at the crack of dawn every day.
You crack me up.
Tom woke up at the crack of dawn.

Movie subtitles

And when King Attilla his mount bestrode It was the world over which he rode And when he paused his whip to crack the world cried out - Woe, woe, alack What deeds are now in his mind?
If you crack each separate louse, think of all the energy you use up.
I'm coming, and I'm gonna put one in your dirty hide for every lying crack that you made about me, see?
Give me a crack at that Schuyler story, will you?
That's the 14th crack you've made to me.
Remember about that 20th crack?
And now for that 20th crack.
Don't crack about this to Mr. Packard.
Does he crack jokes like that all the time?
He's got a nasty crack on the skull.
The needle has gotten stuck in a crack.
At Goose Lane, me arches crack, and I come a cropper.
My stomach takes such a turn, my arches crack again.
Crack down on Fenner's milk outfit. Break it up.
Mr Conroy, give me a crack at that Schuyler story.
That's the 14th crack you've made.
Now why make a crack like that?
I'd like to take a crack at that guy.
But I'd like to take a crack at that stiff-necked horse collar.
But just the same, I'd like to take a crack at that.
I wish ld taken a crack at him first.
One day, you head go crack.
Katherine's not to know I'm alive. She'd crack.
I got a crack in the head and they gave me a certificate stating.
And if he lets out one more crack, I'll ring the curtain right down on his chin.
The nut I refer to is going to be a hard nut to crack.
I'm always up at the crack of dawn.
I'll crack you.
Then get out of here. before I crack your face again!
And what do you get for coming all the way across the country? A crack in the face.
Sure, he will. They'll never make him crack.
This fellow Dexter's a hard nut to crack.
You think I'd pull a crack like that in a place like this?
A poor little fella that never meant nobody no harm, sittin' there this minute with the angel of death beside him, and you crack a joke?

News and current affairs

But Israel will be required to engage in peace talks only if the Palestinians crack down on terrorism - that is, risk another Fatah-Hamas civil war - and eliminate corruption.
Finally, this perspective assumes that democracies will be willing or able to control radicalism and crack down on extremists.
China's government has used the war on terror to crack down on those seeking greater autonomy, including those who do so by peaceful means.
But the opposite could also be true: the wider the disparities in wealth, and the more people protest against economic inequality, the more the regime will crack down on dissidents.
Cocaine used to be America's problem, to the point that the United States started a major campaign against sellers and consumers of crack cocaine in the inner cities, drug traffickers, and suppliers in the Andes.
The ice began to crack on November 17, when Representative John Murtha, a hawkish Democratic congressman and marine veteran, suggested pulling troops out of Iraq in six months.
So, for 20 years it has seemed to me that Western Europe's underlying political equilibrium - corporatist bargaining and ample social insurance, on the one hand, and tight monetary policies, on the other - must crack.
Iranian cooperation should be repaid with the dismantling of the MKO infrastructure in Iraq, perhaps linked to an Iranian commitment to crack down further on any al-Qaida activities, as well as expel al-Qaida members from Iran.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, for example, is aiming to crack down on Islamist extremism by banning the expression of ideas that the government deems to be promoting or glorifying it.
Without further discussion, Deng mobilized 500,000 troops to enter Beijing to crack down on the unarmed students and civilians.
One can only hope that this crack of freedom will widen in time.
This will inevitably make fixed exchange-rate links crack under pressure as the same monetary policy cannot possibly be appropriate for both regions.
Logically, Fatah should now embrace moderation, crack down on cross-border terrorism, and seek some kind of peace with Israel.
Other known quantum algorithms will easily be able to crack the most widely used secure cryptographic systems of today.
Issues such as Burma, North Korea, Darfur, Zimbabwe, climate change, and nuclear proliferation all appear to be falling, because they are being insufficiently addressed, into this crack.
The military leaders have shown that they can mobilize their forces in short order when they want, as evidenced by their violent crack down on thousands of monks and political activists last year.
The crack in the global consensus around the prohibitionist approach is widening.
In Syria, it seems inevitable that protest may soon crack the regime's brittle political immobility.
The government should crack down on instances of high-level graft and use the new system of cash transfers to limit the scope of petty corruption.
But allowing them to marry has proved a harder legislative nut to crack than allowing them civil partnerships.
The Israeli left certainly cannot be expected, after years in opposition, to crack the code of Israel's labyrinthine politics and lead the country toward a peace agreement with Palestine.

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