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/kɹˈæk/
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[ US /ˈkɹæk/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹæk/ ]
NOUN
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a narrow opening
he opened the window a crack - a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
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a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
there was a crack in the mirror -
a sudden sharp noise
he heard the cracking of the ice
he can hear the snap of a twig
the crack of a whip - the act of cracking something
- a long narrow opening
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a chance to do something
he wanted a shot at the champion - a long narrow depression in a surface
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a usually brief attempt
I gave it a whirl
he took a crack at it - witty remark
VERB
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cause to become cracked
heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair -
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
The glass cracked when it was heated - suffer a nervous breakdown
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make a very sharp explosive sound
His gun cracked -
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
The pipe snapped -
gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
she cracked my password
crack a safe -
pass through (a barrier)
Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county -
make a sharp sound
his fingers snapped - reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
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hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler -
tell spontaneously
crack a joke -
break into simpler molecules by means of heat
The petroleum cracked -
break partially but keep its integrity
The glass cracked
ADJECTIVE
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of the highest quality
played top-notch tennis
a super party
she is absolutely tops
a first-rate golfer
an ace reporter
a crack shot
an athlete in tiptop condition
How To Use crack In A Sentence
- A couple of times her footholds cracked and she plunged a few heart-stopping feet, but luckily she grabbed another hold.
- Hurrah!" came from the right, and the cheer was taken up from the left, while _crack, crack, crack_, rifles were being brought well into play. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer
- The overseer, a great strong man, cracking his "blacksnake" from time to time, to enforce authority, excited our strong indignation. 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West
- There's nothing you can do to change the little ones' minds about the gewgaws and gimcracks they expect to find beneath the tree - or to stop your in-laws' annual onslaught, for that matter.
- They are hired to crack a safe, photograph the contents of a locked briefcase inside, and return it to the owner without him knowing.
- The two leads give crackerjack performances, their timing, dynamism and interaction almost flawless.
- Impacts may create undetectable cracks that, because of the continuous loads, could result in structural damage.
- The town hall lost two bollards and a litter bin, railings, and a large stone pedestal has been cracked.
- What's more, the mountain was haloed by phosphorescent blue bands of some sort of energy crackling all around it.
- Meanwhile, all sorts of things that at one time or another were considered tests for artificial intelligence — playing chess, doing integrals, doing autonomous control — have been cracked in algorithmic ways. Wolfram Blog : Stephen Wolfram on the Quest for Computable Knowledge
