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Noun
S:
(n)
crack
,
cleft
,
crevice
,
fissure
,
scissure
(a long narrow opening)
S:
(n)
gap
,
crack
(a narrow opening)
"he opened the window a crack"
S:
(n)
crevice
,
cranny
,
crack
,
fissure
,
chap
(a long narrow depression in a surface)
S:
(n)
crack
,
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"
S:
(n)
shot
,
crack
(a chance to do something)
"he wanted a shot at the champion"
S:
(n)
wisecrack
,
crack
,
sally
,
quip
(witty remark)
S:
(n)
crack
(a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts)
"there was a crack in the mirror"
S:
(n)
crack
,
crack cocaine
,
tornado
(a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive)
S:
(n)
crack
,
fling
,
go
,
pass
,
whirl
,
offer
(a usually brief attempt)
"he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
S:
(n)
fracture
,
crack
,
cracking
(the act of cracking something)
Verb
S:
(v)
crack
,
check
,
break
(become fractured; break or crack on the surface only)
"The glass cracked when it was heated"
S:
(v)
crack
(make a very sharp explosive sound)
"His gun cracked"
S:
(v)
snap
,
crack
(make a sharp sound)
"his fingers snapped"
S:
(v)
crack
(hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise)
"The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
S:
(v)
break through
,
crack
(pass through (a barrier))
"Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
S:
(v)
crack
(break partially but keep its integrity)
"The glass cracked"
S:
(v)
snap
,
crack
(break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension)
"The pipe snapped"
S:
(v)
crack
(gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions)
"she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"
S:
(v)
crack up
,
crack
,
crock up
,
break up
,
collapse
(suffer a nervous breakdown)
S:
(v)
crack
(tell spontaneously)
"crack a joke"
S:
(v)
crack
(cause to become cracked)
"heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
S:
(v)
crack
(reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking)
S:
(v)
crack
(break into simpler molecules by means of heat)
"The petroleum cracked"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
ace
,
A-one
,
crack
,
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"