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Definition of 'crack'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) crack
to break without separation of parts; become fissured.

2.  crack
to break with a sudden, sharp sound.

3.  crack
to make a sudden, sharp sound; snap.

4.  crack
(of the voice) to break abruptly and discordantly.

5.  crack
to break down, esp. under severe psychological pressure.

6.  crack
to decompose by being subjected to heat.

7. (v.t.) crack
to cause to make a sudden sharp sound:
to crack a whip.

8.  crack
to break without separation of parts.

9.  crack
to break into many parts; break open or splinter:
to crack walnuts.

10.  crack
to strike forcefully:
to crack someone on the jaw.

11.  crack
to recount or tell:
to crack jokes.

12.  crack
to cause to make a cracking sound:
to crack one's knuckles.

13.  crack
to damage or weaken.

14.  crack
to make mentally unsound.

15.  crack
to make (the voice) harsh or unmanageable.

16.  crack
to solve:
to crack a murder case.

17.  crack
Informal. to break into (a safe, vault, etc.).

18.  crack
to subject to the process of cracking, as in the distillation of petroleum.

19.  crack
Informal.

20.  crack
to open and drink (a bottle of wine, liquor, etc.).

21.  crack
to open slightly, as a window or door.

22.  crack
to open (a book) in order to study or read.

23.  crack
crack down, to take severe measures, esp. in enforcing laws or regulations (often fol. by on):
to crack down on drug pushers.

24.  crack
Informal.

25.  crack
to suffer a mental or emotional breakdown.

26.  crack
to crash, as in an automobile or airplane.

27.  crack
to wreck (an automobile, airplane, or other vehicle).

28.  crack
to laugh or to cause to laugh unrestrainedly.

29. (n.) crack
a break without separation of parts; fissure.

30.  crack
a slight opening, as between boards in a floor or wall.

31.  crack
a sudden, sharp noise.

32.  crack
the snap of or as of a whip.

33.  crack
a resounding blow.

34.  crack
a witty or cutting remark.

35.  crack
a break in the tone of the voice.

36.  crack
a chance; try:
I'd like a crack at that job.

37.  crack
highly addictive, purified cocaine in the form of pellets prepared for smoking.

38.  crack
a shot, as with a rifle.

39.  crack
Archaic. a burglar.

40. (adj.) crack
first-rate; excellent:
a crack shot.

41. (adv.) crack
with a cracking sound.

42.  crack
to get moving; hurry up:
We're late—let's get cracking.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME

Definition of 'crack'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
a long narrow opening

2. (noun) gap, crack
a narrow opening
"he opened the window a crack"

3. (noun) crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap
a long narrow depression in a surface

4. (noun) 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"

5. (noun) shot, crack
a chance to do something
"he wanted a shot at the champion"

6. (noun) wisecrack, crack, sally, quip
witty remark

7. (noun) crack
a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
"there was a crack in the mirror"

8. (noun) crack, crack cocaine, tornado
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

9. (noun) crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
a usually brief attempt
"he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

10. (adj) fracture, crack, cracking
the act of cracking something

11. (verb) ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)
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"

12. (verb) crack, check, break
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
"The glass cracked when it was heated"

13. (verb) crack
make a very sharp explosive sound
"His gun cracked"

14. (verb) snap, crack
make a sharp sound
"his fingers snapped"

15. (verb) crack
hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
"The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"

16. (verb) break through, crack
pass through (a barrier)
"Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

17. (verb) crack
break partially but keep its integrity
"The glass cracked"

18. (verb) snap, crack
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
"The pipe snapped"

19. (verb) crack
gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
"she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"

20. (verb) crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse
suffer a nervous breakdown

21. (verb) crack
tell spontaneously
"crack a joke"

22. (verb) crack
cause to become cracked
"heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"

23. (verb) crack
reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

24. (verb) crack
break into simpler molecules by means of heat
"The petroleum cracked"

Definition of 'crack'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) crack
to break without separating into pieces
The mirror had cracked.; He dropped the vase and cracked it.

2.  crack
to break into pieces
She cracked the eggs into a pan.

3.  crack
to hit part of your body hard against sth
Joe cracked his head on the low ceiling.

4.  crack
to lose control because of stress
employees cracking under the pressure

5.  crack
(of sb's voice) to suddenly change in a way they cannot control
Her voice cracked with emotion.

6.  crack
to solve a difficult problem
Crack the enemy's code.

7.  crack
crack a joke
to tell sb a joke
Watch him cracking jokes with the kids.

8.  crack
not all/everything its cracked up to be
not as good as people say it is
The movie wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

9. (noun) crack
a line where sth is breaking
a crack in the mug

10.  crack
a narrow opening between things; = slit
I pushed it through a crack in the floor boards.; open the door/window a crack

11.  crack
open sth a crack
a weakness in a system, organization, or relationship
cracks in the global economy

12.  crack
an unkind joke or comment; = gibe
He made some crack about my family.

13.  crack
a type of pure cocaine
***young kids on crack

14.  crack
at the crack of dawn
very early in the morning
He gets up at the crack of dawn every day.

15.  crack
take/have a crack at
to try to do
Let's take a crack at fixing this thing.

Definition of 'crack'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) crack
of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of

2. (noun) crack
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

3. (noun) crack
rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense

4. (noun) crack
a sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip

5. (noun) crack
the tone of voice when changed at puberty

6. (noun) crack
mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack

7. (noun) crack
a crazy or crack-brained person

8. (noun) crack
a boast; boasting

9. (noun) crack
breach of chastity

10. (noun) crack
a boy, generally a pert, lively boy

11. (noun) crack
a brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack

12. (noun) crack
free conversation; friendly chat

13. (verb) crack
to break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts

14. (verb) crack
to rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze

15. (verb) crack
to cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip

16. (verb) crack
to utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke

17. (verb) crack
to cry up; to extol; -- followed by up

18. (verb) crack
to burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts

19. (verb) crack
to be ruined or impaired; to fail

20. (verb) crack
to utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound

21. (verb) crack
to utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of

Definitions of 'crack'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. crack
[warez d00dz]

1. v. To break into a system (compare cracker).

2. v. Action of removing the copy protection from a commercial program. People who write cracks consider themselves challenged by the copy protection measures. They will often do it as much to show that they are smarter than the developer who designed the copy protection scheme than to actually copy the program.

3. n. A program, instructions or patch used to remove the copy protection of a program or to uncripple features from a demo/time limited program.

4. An exploit.

Translation of 'crack'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces The window cracked down the middle.
Afrikaans: kraak	Arabic: ينْشَق، يَتَصَدَّع	Bulgarian: пуквам (се)
Brazilian: rachar	Czech: prasknout	German: krachen
Danish: revne	Greek: ραγίζω	Spanish: rajarse, resquebrajarse
Estonian: mõranema, mõrastama	Farsi: ترک خوردن	Finnish: haljeta
French: (se) fêler	Hebrew: לִסדוֹק	Hindi: चिटकना
Croatian: napuknuti	Hungarian: (szét)reped	Indonesian: retak
Icelandic: brotna	Italian: rompersi, incrinarsi	Japanese: 裂ける
Korean: 깨지다	Lithuanian: (į)skilti, įdaužti, įskel	Latvian: ieplaisāt; ieplīst; iespr
Malay: retak	Dutch: (doen) barsten	Norwegian: slå sprekker, (få til å)
Polish: pękać, powodować pęknięci	Persian: ترک خوردن	Pashto: چاودیدل
Portuguese: rachar	Romanian: a (se) crăpa	Russian: трескаться
Slovak: prasknúť	Slovenian: počiti	Serbian: naprsnuti
Swedish: spricka	Thai: แตกร้าว	Turkish: çatla(t)mak
Taiwanese: (使)龜裂	Ukrainian: тріскатися	Urdu: درز پ‍ڑنا، دراڑ پ‍ڑنا یا
Vietnamese: làm rạn	Chinese: 使断裂
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