crack
noun
-
the act of cracking somethingfracture
-
a usually brief attempt“The manager took a crack at the problem their employee had been working at.”pass
-
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snortedcrack cocainetornado
-
a narrow opening“I opened the window a crack to let the smoke escape.”gap
-
a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts“there was a crack in the mirror”
-
witty remarksally
-
a sudden sharp noise“the crack of a whip”snap
-
a long narrow openingcleft
-
a long narrow depression in a surfacechapfissurecrevicecranny
-
a chance to do somethingshot
verb
-
to break into simpler molecules by means of heat“The petroleum cracked”
-
to reduce petroleum to a simpler compound by cracking
-
to become fractured“The screen cracked on my phone.”fracture
-
to cause to become cracked“heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair”
-
to break suddenly and abruptly, as under tensionsnap
-
to break partially but keep its integrity“The glass cracked.”
-
to pass through a barrier“Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county”break through
-
to tell spontaneously“crack a joke”
-
to hit forcefully“My hard tackle cracked the opponent's helmet.”
-
to suffer a nervous breakdown“After weeks of stressful work, I finally cracked.”collapse
-
to make a sharp soundsnap
-
to make a very sharp explosive sound“Their gun cracked.”
-
to gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions“You cracked my password.”
adjective
-
of the highest qualitysuper