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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
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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)
chapped
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cracked
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roughened
(used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure)
"chapped lips"
S:
(adj)
alligatored
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cracked
(of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide)
S:
(adj)
balmy
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barmy
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bats
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batty
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bonkers
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buggy
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cracked
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crackers
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daft
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dotty
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fruity
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haywire
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kooky
,
kookie
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loco
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loony
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loopy
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nuts
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nutty
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round the bend
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around the bend
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wacky
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whacky
(informal or slang terms for mentally irregular)
"it used to drive my husband balmy"