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crack

/kɹˈæk/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

  1. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
    “The glass cracked when it was heated”
  2. make a very sharp explosive sound
    “His gun cracked”
  3. make a sharp sound
    “his fingers snapped”
  4. hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
    “The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler”
  5. pass through (a barrier)
    “Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county”
  6. break partially but keep its integrity
    “The glass cracked”
  7. break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
    “The pipe snapped”
  8. gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
    “she cracked my password”
  9. suffer a nervous breakdown
  10. tell spontaneously
    “crack a joke”
  11. cause to become cracked
    “heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair”
  12. reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

noun

  1. a long narrow opening
  2. a narrow opening
    “he opened the window a crack”
  3. a long narrow depression in a surface
  4. a sudden sharp noise
    “the crack of a whip”
  5. a chance to do something
    “he wanted a shot at the champion”
  6. witty remark
  7. a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
    “there was a crack in the mirror”
  8. a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
  9. a usually brief attempt
    “he took a crack at it”
  10. the act of cracking something

adjective

  1. of the highest quality
    “an ace reporter”

Synonyms for crack

Words that rhyme with crack

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