Crack Meaning and Definition

Word: Crack

How to pronounce: kræk

Noun

Definitions:

1. A line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking into separate parts.

Example sentences: "A hairline crack down the middle of the glass"

2. A sudden sharp or explosive noise.

Example sentences: "A loud crack of thunder"

3. A joke, typically a critical or unkind one.

4. Enjoyable social activity; a good time.

5. An attempt to gain or achieve something.

6. A hard, crystalline form of cocaine broken into small pieces and smoked.

Example sentences: "He uses crack and cocaine"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts.

Example sentences: "The ice all over the lake had cracked"

2. Make or cause to make a sudden sharp or explosive sound.

Example sentences: "A shot cracked across the ridge"

3. Find a solution to; decipher or interpret.

4. Tell (a joke)

Example sentences: "He cracked jokes which she didn't find very funny"

5. Decompose (hydrocarbons) by heat and pressure with or without a catalyst to produce lighter hydrocarbons, especially in oil refining.

Example sentences: "Catalytic cracking"

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Very good, especially at a specified activity or in a specified role.

Example sentences: "He is a crack shot"

Synonyms:

fissure

crevice

rift

stress crack

cranny

cleft

chink

split

hack

bang

blast

snap

clap

slam

stab

chop

break

rip

smash

unravel

unriddle

break up

resolve

fracture

bust

chap

gap

chase

whack

strike

stripe

thunderclap

stroke

blow

bash

crash

collapse

smack

clout

beat

slap

shoot

decipher

decode

thud

punch

shot

hit

smite

pop

fillip

clip

nip

joke

tiptop

great

laugh

knock

Derivations:

cracking

cracker

crackle

crackling

crackdown

cracky

cracksman

crackled

cracked

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Crack in Other Languages...

Spanish: Grieta

German: Riss

French: Fissure

Italian: Crack

Turkish: çatlamak