Meaning of 'crack'

noun

the act of cracking something

Synonyms: fracture

noun

a usually brief attempt

Example: "The manager took a crack at the problem their employee had been working at."

Synonyms: pass

noun

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted

Synonyms: crack cocaine tornado

noun

a narrow opening

Example: "I opened the window a crack to let the smoke escape."

Synonyms: gap

noun

a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts

Example: "there was a crack in the mirror"

noun

witty remark

Synonyms: sally

noun

a sudden sharp noise

Example: "the crack of a whip"

Synonyms: snap

noun

a long narrow opening

Synonyms: cleft

noun

a long narrow depression in a surface

Synonyms: chap fissure crevice cranny

noun

a chance to do something

Synonyms: shot

verb

to break into simpler molecules by means of heat

Example: "The petroleum cracked"

verb

to reduce petroleum to a simpler compound by cracking

verb

to become fractured

Example: "The screen cracked on my phone."

Synonyms: fracture

verb

to cause to become cracked

Example: "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"

verb

to break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

Synonyms: snap

verb

to break partially but keep its integrity

Example: "The glass cracked."

verb

to pass through a barrier

Example: "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

Synonyms: break through

verb

to tell spontaneously

Example: "crack a joke"

verb

to hit forcefully

Example: "My hard tackle cracked the opponent's helmet."

verb

to suffer a nervous breakdown

Example: "After weeks of stressful work, I finally cracked."

Synonyms: collapse

verb

to make a sharp sound

Synonyms: snap

verb

to make a very sharp explosive sound

Example: "Their gun cracked."

verb

to gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions

Example: "You cracked my password."

adjective

of the highest quality

Synonyms: super