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Definition of Crack

1. Noun. A long narrow opening.

2. Verb. Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only. "These glasses crack easily"; "The glass cracked when it was heated"

3. Adjective. Of the highest quality. "She is absolutely tops"

4. Noun. A narrow opening. "He opened the window a crack"

5. Verb. Make a very sharp explosive sound. "His gun cracked"

6. Noun. A long narrow depression in a surface.

7. Verb. Make a sharp sound. "His fingers snapped"

8. Noun. A sudden sharp noise. "He can hear the snap of a twig"

9. Verb. Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise. "The fighter managed to crack his opponent"; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"

10. Noun. A chance to do something. "He wanted a shot at the champion"

11. Verb. Pass through (a barrier). "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

12. Noun. Witty remark.

13. Verb. Break partially but keep its integrity. "The glass cracked"

14. Noun. A blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts. "There was a crack in the mirror"

15. Verb. Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension. "The pipe snapped"

16. Noun. A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive.

17. Verb. Gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions. "Crack a safe"

18. Noun. A usually brief attempt. "I gave it a whirl"

19. Verb. Suffer a nervous breakdown.

20. Noun. The act of cracking something.

21. Verb. Tell spontaneously. "Crack a joke"

22. Verb. Cause to become cracked. "They crack the glass tubes"; "Heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"

23. Verb. Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking.

24. Verb. Break into simpler molecules by means of heat. "The petroleum cracked"

Definition of Crack

1. v. t. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

2. v. i. To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.

3. n. A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.

4. a. Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.

Definition of Crack

1. to break without dividing into parts [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Crack

1. A fissure or fracture. Caused by the effects of stress on weak or weakened parts of a material. To break a large, complex compound into simpler compounds. To open something slightly. A narcotic drug illegal in most countries which is a cheaper, more addictive, smokeable version of cocaine (another illegal narcotic) with more adverse effects on the user than cocaine. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crack

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crab louse Crab Nebula crab yaws Cracidae crack (current term) crack (current term) crack-up crackajack crackajacks crackback

crackbacks crackbrain crackbrained crackbrains crackdown crackdowns cracked cracked-pot resonance cracked-pot sound cracked-wheat bread

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