crack

/krˈæk/

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Adjective Satellite
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"
Noun
a long narrow opening
Noun
a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
Noun
a long narrow depression in a surface
Noun
a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
Noun
a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"
Noun
witty remark
Noun
a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror"
Noun
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
Noun
a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
Noun
the act of cracking something
Verb
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
Verb
make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"
Verb
make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped"
Verb
hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
Verb
pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
Verb
break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"
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break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped"
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gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"
Verb
suffer a nervous breakdown
Verb
tell spontaneously; "crack a joke"
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cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
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reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
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break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
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