What is the meaning of the word "crack"?
Definitions:
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a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts noun
- there was a crack in the mirror
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a narrow opening noun
- I opened the window a crack to let the smoke escape.
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a sudden sharp noise noun
- the crack of a whip
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a usually brief attempt noun
- The manager took a crack at the problem their employee had been working at.
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to become fractured verb
- The screen cracked on my phone.
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to break into simpler molecules by means of heat verb
- The petroleum cracked
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to break partially but keep its integrity verb
- The glass cracked.
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to cause to become cracked verb
- heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair
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to gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions verb
- You cracked my password.
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to hit forcefully verb
- My hard tackle cracked the opponent's helmet.
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to make a very sharp explosive sound verb
- Their gun cracked.
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to pass through a barrier verb
- Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county
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to suffer a nervous breakdown verb
- After weeks of stressful work, I finally cracked.
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to tell spontaneously verb
- crack a joke
Synonyms:
- break through
- chap
- cleft
- collapse
- crack cocaine
- cranny
- crevice
- fissure
- fracture
- gap
- pass
- sally
- shot
- snap
- super
- tornado