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