Definitionen
1.VerbTo form cracks."It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack."
2.VerbTo break apart under force, stress, or pressure."When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked."
3.VerbTo become debilitated by psychological pressure."Anyone would crack after being hounded like that."
4.VerbTo break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture."When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked."
5.VerbTo make a cracking sound."The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six."
6.VerbTo change rapidly in register."His voice cracked with emotion."
7.VerbTo alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering."His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen."
8.VerbTo make a sharply humorous comment.""I would too, with a face like that," she cracked."
9.VerbTo realize that one is transgender."She cracked at age 22 and came out to her friends and family over the next few months."
10.VerbTo make a crack or cracks in."The ball cracked the window."
11.VerbTo break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress."You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut."
12.VerbTo strike forcefully."She cracked him over the head with her handbag.; Watch your head, don't crack it on that beam."
13.VerbTo open slightly."Could you please crack the window?"
14.VerbTo cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure."They managed to crack him on the third day."
15.VerbTo solve a difficult problem."I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight."
16.VerbTo overcome a security system or component."It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe.; They finally cracked the code."
17.VerbTo cause to make a sharp sound."to crack a whip"
18.VerbTo tell (a joke)."The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke."
19.VerbTo break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse."Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C."
20.VerbTo circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits."That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it."
21.VerbTo open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food."I'd love to crack open a beer.; Let's crack a tube and watch the game."
22.VerbTo brag; to boast.
23.VerbTo be ruined or impaired; to fail.
24.VerbTo barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent)."An underground band that never cracked the Hot 100"
25.VerbTo have sex with, especially penetrative sex."Did you hear about Josh cracking Stacy in the school hall?"
26.NounA thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material."A large crack had formed in the roadway."
27.NounA narrow opening."We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.; Open the door a crack."
28.NounA sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack."I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle."
29.NounCrack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe."crack head; kitty crack"
30.NounSomething good-tasting or habit-forming."kitty crack"
31.NounThe sharp sound made when solid material breaks."The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles."
32.NounAny sharp sound."The crack of the bat hitting the ball."
33.NounA sharp, resounding blow.
34.NounAn attempt at something."I'd like to take a crack at that game."
35.NounThe vagina.
36.NounThe space between the buttocks."Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing."
37.NounConviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company."The party was great crack.; He's good crack. [It's nice having him around]"
38.NounA chat.
39.NounBusiness; events; news."What's the crack?; What's this crack about a possible merger?"
40.NounA program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software."Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?"
41.NounAn expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.A nuclear explosion in shallow water; the crack is clearly visible on the water's surface.
42.NounExtremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
43.NounThe tone of voice when changed at puberty.
44.NounA mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity."He has a crack."
45.NounA crazy or crack-brained person.
46.NounA boast; boasting.
47.NounBreach of chastity.
48.NounA boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
49.NounA brief time; an instant; a jiffy."I'll be with you in a crack."
50.NounThe act of hitting on someone.
51.NounDry firewood.
52.AdjectiveHighly trained and competent."Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case."
53.AdjectiveExcellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch."She's a crack shot with that rifle."
54.NounOne who excels; the best, especially a winning racehorse.