Definition of crack in English English dictionary
- To change rapidly in register
His voice cracked with emotion.
- To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits
That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
- The sharp sound made when solid material breaks
The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
- To make a sharply humorous comment
I would too, with a face like that, she cracked.
- To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering
His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
- To cause to make a sharp sound
Hershell cracked his knuckles, a nervous habit that drove Inez crazy.
- To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse
Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700 °C.
- The space between the buttocks
Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack
I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
- vagina
I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!.
- Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch
She's a crack shot with that rifle.
- To solve a difficult problem
I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
- To brag, boast
Cardan cracks' that he can cure all diseases with water alone, as Hippocrates of old did most infirmities with one medicine.
- To tell (a joke)
- To overcome a security system or a component
They finally cracked the code.
- To make a crack or cracks in
The ball cracked the window.
- To form cracks
It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.
- Any sharp sound
The crack of the bat hitting the ball.
- To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
They managed to crack him on the third day.
- good fun. (See usage note re Scots sense)
By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!.
- To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress
You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
- To yield under interrogation
When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
- Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose
- A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe
I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack.
- To become debilitated by psychological pressure
Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
- To strike forcefully
She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
- To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food
I'd love to crack open a beer.
- To open slightly
Could you please crack the window?.
- A program, password or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software
- Highly trained and competent
Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material
A large crack had formed in the roadway.
- Business/events
What's the crack?.
- A narrow opening
Open the door a crack.
- An opportunity to attempt something
I'd like to take a crack at that game.
- Conviviality; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company
The party was great crack.
- a meaningful chat
- To make a cracking sound
The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
- To break apart under pressure
When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
- {v} to break into chinks, split, craze, boast
- {n} a sudden noise, chink, boaster
- {f} split, fracture; make a loud sharp noise; whip; open a little
- Common name for mana regen spells, also known as Coffee, C1 (for Clarity) or C2 (Clarity 2) Usually stated "crack me pls" and will become quite annoying
- A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack
- the act of cracking something
- refers to a fracture in opal, which greatly reduces the value
- make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped"
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror"
- break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"
- Breach of chastity
- When a powerful hand (especially powerful pocket cards) is beat, it's said to be cracked I've had rockets cracked twelve consecutive times
- A separation or fracture occurring in a material See also Split
- a long narrow opening
- To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip
- the separation of two rock faces, ranging in size from the width of a chimney to microscopically narrow
- A linear fracture in the glass It may or may not go all the way through the glass of the insulator Cracks may be caused by stress, impacts or rapid and severe temperature changes
- The light-colored region which follows closely behind the dark slick in an underwater burst It is probably caused by the reflection of the water shock wave at the surface See Slick
- To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
- To beat a hand - typically a big hand You hear this most often used to apply to pocket aces: "Third time tonight I've had pocket aces cracked "
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
- A chemically altered form of cocaine that is smoked
- A form of Cocaine which has been further processed to remove the hydrochloride
- a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
- To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke
- When forming an opening, a small amount
- To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; with of
- pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
- Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of
- crack a crib
- To break into a house
- crack a fat
- To have an erection
- crack a smile
- To smile, especially while attempting not to
- crack a smile
- To begin to smile
- crack babies
- plural form of crack baby
- crack baby
- A child born to a mother who uses cocaine
- crack cocaine
- A mixture of baking soda and cocaine in solid form that is smoked in a pipe as a narcotic
- crack cocaine
- A mixture of salt substitute, ether, and cocaine in a semi-liquid form is far more potent than if made with baking soda alone
- crack down
- To enforce more stringently or more thoroughly
The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays.
- crack down on
- to enforce laws or punish (something) more vigilantly
Every year around the holidays, the police launch a campaign to crack down on drunk driving.
- crack fic
- A work of fan fiction that is absurd, surprising or ridiculous
- crack fics
- plural form of crack fic
- crack head
- Alternative spelling of crackhead
- crack house
- A residential building where crack cocaine is manufactured, sold, or consumed
A woman who ran a crack house in Nashua has become the first to be convicted in New Hampshire under a law criminalizing the use of a house or apartment to violate federal drug laws.
- crack of dawn
- The first moment of daylight; sunrise
This is high-speed travel, Muriel. Not fun. I'm waking up at crack of dawn..
- crack on
- continue at a (normally uninteresting) task
I must crack on with my essay.
- crack one's fingers
- to pull or push one's fingers so that they make a cracking noise
- crack pipe
- Any pipe used for smoking crack cocaine
- crack pipes
- plural form of crack pipe
- crack rock
- crack cocaine
- crack seed
- Any of a variety of Hawaiian snacks made from preserved fruit
- crack seeds
- plural form of crack seed
- crack through
- To penetrate
- crack through
- To overcome, get by
- crack train
- Fastest express train between two stops
The crack train from New York.
- crack trains
- plural form of crack train
- crack up
- To become insane; to suffer a mental breakdown
She got through the war, but cracked up when her sister died.
- crack up
- To cause to laugh heartily
The joke about the nuns in the bath cracked me up.
- crack up
- To laugh heartily
It was hilarious. We were cracking up the whole time.
- crack whore
- A person addicted to crack cocaine who finances the habit through prostitution
- crack whores
- plural form of crack whore
- crack willow
- A species of willow native to Europe and western Asia, Salix fragilis
- crack wise
- To make a sarcastic, flippant, or sardonic comment
Reagan displayed his usual aplomb and even cracked wise about his age at a White House banquet.
- crack-pipe
- An object (usually made of glass) used for smoking crack cocaine, a cheap type of cocaine, usually in rock form
- crack house
- A place, or the surroundings in which a drug dealer (trap star) would use to make their profit
- crack a fat
- (deyim) (Aus) Get an erection
- crack of noon
- Sleeping in late, but hoping to make it to sound like you got up early
I was up at the crack of noon.
- crack on
- Proceed or progress quickly
- crack someone up
- Make someone laugh
- crack 1
- If you crack a joke, you tell it. He cracked jokes and talked about beer and girls. see also cracked, cracking
- crack 1
- If your voice cracks when you are speaking or singing, it changes in pitch because you are feeling a strong emotion. Her voice cracked and she began to cry
- crack 1
- If someone cracks, they lose control of their emotions or actions because they are under a lot of pressure. She's calm and strong, and she is just not going to crack
- crack 1
- If you say that something is not all it's cracked up to be, you mean that it is not as good as other people have said it is. Package holidays are not always all they're cracked up to be
- crack 1
- If you crack a hard part of your body, such as your knee or your head, you hurt it by accidentally hitting it hard against something. He cracked his head on the pavement and was knocked cold. = bang, bash
- crack 1
- When you crack something that has a shell, such as an egg or a nut, you break the shell in order to reach the inside part. Crack the eggs into a bowl. = break
- crack 1
- If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface. A gas main had cracked under my neighbour's garage and gas had seeped into our homes Remove the dish from the oven, crack the salt crust and you will find the skin just peels off the fish
- crack 1
- If something cracks, or if you crack it, it makes a sharp sound like the sound of a piece of wood breaking. Thunder cracked in the sky He cracked his fingers nervously
- crack 1
- If you crack a problem or a code, you solve it, especially after a lot of thought. He has finally cracked the system after years of painstaking research
- crack 2
- A crack is a slightly rude or cruel joke. When Paul made the crack about the `famous girl detective', I began to suspect that he had it in for you
- crack 2
- A crack is a very narrow gap between two things, or between two parts of a thing. Kathryn had seen him through a crack in the curtains. = chink
- crack 2
- A crack soldier or sportsman is highly trained and very skilful. a crack undercover police officer see also craic
- crack 2
- A crack is a line that appears on the surface of something when it is slightly damaged. The plate had a crack in it Hundreds of office buildings and homes developed large cracks in walls and ceilings
- crack 2
- A crack is a sharp sound, like the sound of a piece of wood breaking. Suddenly there was a loud crack and glass flew into the car `Crack!' -- The first shot rang out, hitting Paolo
- crack 2
- Crack is a very pure form of the drug cocaine. see also crack cocaine
- crack 2
- emphasis If you say that someone does something at the crack of dawn, you are emphasizing that they do it very early in the morning. I often start work at the crack of dawn when there is a big order to get out
- crack 2
- If you open something such as a door, window, or curtain a crack, you open it only a small amount. He went to the door, opened it a crack, and listened
- crack 2
- If you have or take a crack at something, you make an attempt to do or achieve something. I should love to have a crack at the Olympia title in my last year = go, shot
- crack a joke
- play a joke
- crack a nut
- split open a dry nut
- crack a whip
- shake a whip so it makes a snapping sound, hit with a whip
- crack addict
- someone addicted to crack cocaine
- crack baby
- An infant born to a mother who used crack cocaine during pregnancy. crack babies a baby that is born with medical and mental problems because its mother regularly smoked the illegal drug crack before the baby was born
- crack cocaine
- Crack cocaine is a form of the drug cocaine which has been purified and made into crystals. = crack. Chemically purified, very potent cocaine in pellet form that is smoked through a glass pipe and is considered highly and rapidly addictive
- crack down
- If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws. The government has cracked down hard on those campaigning for greater democracy There has been a lot of drinking. We are cracking down now. Anyone who gets caught is fired. see also crackdown = clamp down
- crack down
- take severe measures
- crack down
- repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs"
- crack down hard on
- strictly enforce, take stern measures
- crack down on
- suppress, take severe measures against
- crack house
- A building or apartment where crack cocaine is regularly sold, used, or produced. a place where the illegal drug crack is sold, bought, and smoked
- crack jokes
- make jokes, tell funny stories
- crack of dawn
- first rise of the sun, the top of the morning
- crack of doom
- Judgment Day, day when God will judge humans for their sins
- crack the whip
- {f} act in a domineering manner; strongly request obedience and hard work and efficiency from others; encourage to greater effort (Slang)
- crack up
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- crack up
- rhapsodize about
- crack up
- rhapsodize about suffer a nervous breakdown
- crack up
- laugh unrestrainedly
- crack up
- If someone cracks up, they are under such a lot of emotional strain that they become mentally ill. She would have cracked up if she hadn't allowed herself some fun
- crack up
- {f} collapse; crash; laugh; cause another to laugh
- crack up
- If you crack up or if someone or something cracks you up, you laugh a lot. She told stories that cracked me up and I swore to write them down so you could enjoy them too We all just cracked up laughing
- crack willow
- large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
- crack-up
- nervous breakdown, mental collapse
- ass crack
- The gluteal cleft
- back, crack and sack
- A beauty treatment for men in which hair is removed from the back, from between the buttocks ("crack") and from the scrotum ("sack")
- bum crack
- The space between the buttocks
- butt crack
- The gluteal cleft
- cracked
- Broken into coarse pieces
- cracked
- Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface
- cracked
- Simple past tense and past participle of crack
- have a crack at
- To attempt (something); to try to do (something)
Let me have a crack at it.
- quarter crack
- crack in a horse's forefoot; a sand crack
- sand crack
- A vertical fissure in the wall of a horse's hoof; a quarter crack
- steam-crack
- To crack using steam cracking
- take a crack at
- To attempt or try
I don't really know where to begin, but I guess I can take a crack at it and see how I do.
- tough nut to crack
- A difficult or sticky problem
Defending against malware has become a tough nut to crack as programs become ever more cleverly designed.
- you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette
- In order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed
- a fair crack of the whip
- (deyim) An equal chance to do something: "It's only right that all the candidates should be given a fair crack of the whip."
- take a crack
- (deyim) Try to do something, have a go at doing something
Ford said he had always wanted to take a crack at writing a novel.
- at the crack of dawn
- at the very beginning of dawn, right during sunrise, at daybreak
- cracked
- Harsh or dissonant
- cracked
- Crazy; crackpot
- cracked
- broken without being divided into parts but having fissures appear on the surface; "a cracked mirror
- cracked
- of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
- cracked
- {s} crazy, mad, insane (Slang); broken, having fissures; chapped (especially in regards to skin)
- cracked
- An object that is cracked has lines on its surface because it is damaged. The ceiling was grey and cracked. a cracked mirror
- cracked
- Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat
- cracked
- used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips"
- cracked
- broken without being divided into parts but having fissures appear on the surface; "a cracked mirror"
- cracked
- past of crack
- cracked
- A cracked voice or a cracked musical note sounds rough and unsteady. When he spoke, his voice was hoarse and cracked
- cracked
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
- cracked
- Crack-brained
- cracked
- {s} cracky
- cracking
- Very, usually associated with praise
- cracking
- You use cracking to describe something you think is very good or exciting. It's a cracking novel = great, brilliant
- cracking
- Illegally gaining entry to a computer or computer network in order to do harm
- cracking
- A process in which molecules are cracked, e g , the oil-refining process in which heavy oils are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight by heat or with a catalyst Cracker A unit in an oil refinery in which heavy fractions from crude oil are broken down (cracked), using a catalyst, into lighter distillates
- cracking
- The process of breaking down the larger, heavier and more complex hydrocarbon molecules into simpler and lighter molecules, thus increasing the gasoline yield from crude oil Cracking is done by application of heat and pressure, and in modern time the use of a catalytic agent
- cracking
- The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline
- cracking
- defect of a coating film resulting in breaks in its surface and/or in its depth It can be caused by: - application of coats thicker than specified, - movements of the substrate which the coating film is not able to compensate for, - excess of curing agent resulting in too fast drying and/or too brittle dry film, - some solvent still being present in UV coatings when they are passed under the UV lamps for immediate curing CRATERING: see CISSING
- cracking
- petroleum refining in which large-molecule liquid hydrocarbons are converted to small-molecule, lower-boiling liquids or gases; the liquids leave the reaction vessel as unfinished gasoline, kerosene, and gas oils At the same time, certain unstable, more reactive molecules combine into larger molecules to form tar or coke bottoms The cracking reaction may be carried out under heat and pressure alone (thermal cracking), or in the presence of a catalyst (catalytic cracking)
- cracking
- Enjoyable
- cracking
- the act of cracking something
- cracking
- n The act of breaking into a computer system; what a {cracker} does Contrary to widespread myth, this does not usually involve some mysterious leap of hackerly brilliance, but rather persistence and the dogged repetition of a handful of fairly well-known tricks that exploit common weaknesses in the security of target systems Accordingly, most crackers are only mediocre hackers
- cracking
- A process in which relatively heavy HYDROCARBONs are broken up by heat into lighter products (as gasoline)
- cracking
- The refining process of breaking down the larger, heavier, and more complex hydrocarbon molecules into simpler and lighter molecules
- cracking
- a process whereby large molecules of petrolum components are broken down to smaller ones by breaking carbon-carbon bonds
- cracking
- The process of overcoming a security measure Cracking a key means an attempt to recover the key's value; cracking some ciphertext means an attempt to recover the corresponding plaintext
- cracking
- The production of lighter oils by breaking down heavy oil molecules This process increases the yield of gasoline form crude oil
- cracking
- Refinery process whereby large, heavy, complex hydrocarbon molecules are broken down into simpler and lighter molecules in order to derive a variety of fuel products
- cracking
- present participle of crack
- cracking
- The refinery process in which large, heavy, complex hydrocarbon molecules are broken down into simpler and lighter molecules in order to derive a variety of fuel products
- cracking
- The process of breaking down the large, heavier and more complex hydrocarbon molecules into simpler, lighter molecules
- cracking
- Appears as a series of jagged "breaks" or "tears" in the paint , generally accompanied by some degree of separation
- cracking
- very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
- cracking
- The act of breaking into a computer system The act of breaking into a computer system or account; what a cracker does Contrary to widespread myth, this does not usually peristence and the dogged repetition of a handful of fairly well-known tricks that exploit common weaknesses in the security of target systems
- cracking
- If you tell someone to get cracking, you are telling them to start doing something immediately. Mark, you'd better get cracking, the sooner the better. very good, exciting etc = great
- cracking
- Larger than hairline breaks in the surface of the film Usually curled edges and underlying surface is exposed
- cracking
- Great
- cracking
- A coating defect consisting of a break in the cured film which exposes the bare substrate Cracking usually occurs during fabrication of the coated plate when the coating is too brittle or the adhesion is too low
- cracking
- The splitting of a dry paint or varnish film, usually a result of aging or movement of the substrate Different forms are hair-line cracking, checking, crazing, grain cracking, or alligatoring
- cracking
- {i} process where heavy molecules of petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight; thermal decomposition
- cracking
- -Generally, the splitting of a film surface The following terms are used to denote the nature and extent of this defect
- cracking
- A sharp break or fissure in the surface Generally due to excessive strain
- cracking
- - the process of breaking down larger molecules of hydrocarbons into smaller ones When this is done by heating the oil it is known as 'thermal cracking' If a catalyst is used it is known as 'catalytic cracking'
- cracking
- The act of breaking into a computer system
- cracking
- the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
- cracking
- a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
- cracking
- The process whereby large molecules are broken down by the application of heat and pressure to form smaller molecules
- cracking
- To subject petroleum oil to heat for breaking down into lighter products (099)