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UK
/kɹˈækɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈkɹækɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹækɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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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
- the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
ADJECTIVE
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very good
you look simply smashing
we had a grand old time
a neat sports car
had a great time at the party
he did a bully job
How To Use cracking In A Sentence
- 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
- The preliminary research showed that the material used of the piston rod is unqualified , casting aliquation and much S element result in cracking on the edge of the casting aliquation.
- The hyena exploits carcasses more fully than either cat because of its bone-cracking abilities.
- I then angled the bandsaw table over so I could run resawing passes parallel to the worst of the cracking, and fired it through for a number of passes. Stu's Shed
- On an unseasonally nippy May Tuesday, two women, a man and a young girl wheeling a baby's buggy, set about cracking open the votes in Kinsealy.
- I can't wait to get cracking on next year 's crop and see what that might bring. Times, Sunday Times
- A top-heavy nurse in cricket pads and dangling overhead light pack struggles to aim a fire breathing generator in a duel with a whip-cracking foreman.
- On 11 minutes, the visitors thought that they had taken the lead but a cracking effort went inches wide of the target.
- Thanks to Rich and Dave for a cracking re-introduction in to the world of caving.
- The good news is that Nicaragua is now cracking down on this animal harvest.