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crack
noun(crack)
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
Synonyms: crack cocaine, tornado,
crack
noun(crack)
a long narrow opening
Synonyms: cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure,
crack
noun(crack)
a usually brief attempt
Synonyms: fling, go, offer, pass, whirl,
Examples:
He took a crack at it.
crack
noun(crack)
a narrow opening
Synonyms: gap,
Examples:
He opened the window a crack.
crack
verb(crack)
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
Synonyms: break, check,
Examples:
The glass cracked when it was heated.
crack
verb(crack)
suffer a nervous breakdown
Synonyms: break up, collapse, crack up, crock up,
crack
noun(crack)
a chance to do something
Synonyms: shot,
crack
verb(crack)
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
Synonyms: snap,
crack
noun(crack)
witty remark
Synonyms: quip, sally, wisecrack,
crack
verb(crack)
pass through (a barrier)
Synonyms: break through,
Examples:
Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county.
crack
verb(crack)
make a sharp sound
Synonyms: snap,
crack
adjective(crack)
of the highest quality
Synonyms: a-one, ace, first-rate, super, tiptop, top-notch, topnotch, tops,
Examples:
A crack shot.
crack
noun(crack)
a long narrow depression in a surface
Synonyms: chap, cranny, crevice, fissure,
crack
noun(crack)
a sudden sharp noise
Synonyms: cracking, snap,
Examples:
The crack of a whip.
He heard the cracking of the ice.
crack
noun(crack)
the act of cracking something
Synonyms: cracking, fracture,
crack
noun(crack)
a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
Examples:
There was a crack in the mirror.
crack
verb(crack)
break into simpler molecules by means of heat
Examples:
The petroleum cracked.
crack
verb(crack)
break partially but keep its integrity
Examples:
The glass cracked.
crack
verb(crack)
cause to become cracked
Examples:
Heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair.
crack
verb(crack)
gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
Examples:
She cracked my password.
Crack a safe.
crack
verb(crack)
hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
Examples:
The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler.
crack
verb(crack)
make a very sharp explosive sound
Examples:
His gun cracked.
crack
verb(crack)
reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
crack
verb(crack)
tell spontaneously
Examples:
Crack a joke.

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