crack
裂缝,缝隙,裂纹,裂痕
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Definitions
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- : to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- : to break with a sudden, sharp sound: The branch cracked under the weight of the snow.
- : to make a sudden, sharp sound in or as if in breaking; snap: The whip cracked.
- : to break abruptly and discordantly, especially into an upper register, as because of weariness or emotion.
- : to fail; give way: His confidence cracked under the strain.
- : to succumb or break down, especially under severe psychological pressure, torture, or the like: They questioned him steadily for 24 hours before he finally cracked.
- : Chemistry. to decompose as a result of being subjected to heat.
- : Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to brag; boast.
- : Chiefly Scot. to chat; gossip.
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- : to cause to make a sudden sharp sound: The driver cracked the whip.
- : to break without complete separation of parts; break into fissures.
- : to break with a sudden, sharp sound: to crack walnuts.
- : to strike and thereby make a sharp noise: The boxer cracked his opponent on the jaw.
- : to induce or cause to be stricken with sorrow or emotion; affect deeply.
- : to utter or tell: to crack jokes.
- : to cause to make a cracking sound: to crack one's knuckles.
- : to damage, weaken, etc.: The new evidence against him cracked his composure.
- : to make mentally unsound.
- : to make harsh or unmanageable.
- : to solve; decipher: to crack a murder case.
- : Informal. to break into.
- : Chemistry. to subject to the process of cracking, as in the distillation of petroleum.
- : Informal. to open and drink.
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- : a break without complete separation of parts; fissure.
- : a slight opening, as between boards in a floor or wall, or between a door and its doorpost.
- : a sudden, sharp noise, as of something breaking.
- : the snap of or as of a whip.
- : a resounding blow:He received a terrific crack on the head when the branch fell.
- : Informal. a witty or cutting remark; wisecrack.
- : a break or change in the flow or tone of the voice.
- : Informal. opportunity; chance; try: Give him first crack at the new job.
- : a flaw or defect.
- : Also called rock. Slang. pellet-size pieces of highly purified cocaine, prepared with other ingredients for smoking, and known to be especially potent and addicting.
- : Masonry. check.
- : a mental defect or deficiency.
- : a shot, as with a rifle: At the first crack, the deer fell.
- : a moment; instant: He was on his feet again in a crack.
- : Slang. a burglary, especially an instance of housebreaking.
- : Chiefly British. a person or thing that excels in some respect.
- : Slang: Vulgar. the vulva.
- : Chiefly Scot. conversation; chat.
- : British Dialect. boasting; braggadocio.
- : Archaic. a burglar.
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- : first-rate; excellent: a crack shot.
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- : with a cracking sound.
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- : crack down, to take severe or stern measures, especially in enforcing obedience to laws or regulations: The police are starting to crack down on local drug dealers.
- : crack off, to cause to fall from a blowpipe or punty.
- : crack on, Nautical. to sail in high winds under sails that would normally be furled. to advance at full speed in heavy weather.
- : crack up, Informal. to suffer a mental or emotional breakdown.to crash, as in an automobile or airplane: He skidded into the telephone pole and cracked up.to wreck an automobile, airplane, or other vehicle.to laugh or to cause to laugh unrestrainedly: That story about the revolving door really cracked me up. Ed cracked up, too, when he heard it.
Phrases
- crack a book
- crack a bottle
- crack a joke
- crack a smile
- crack down
- cracked up
- crack of dawn
- crack the whip
- crack up
- by jove (cracky)
- fall between the cracks
- get cracking
- hard nut to crack
- have a crack at
- make a crack
- not all it's cracked up to be
- paper over (the cracks)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
It began a crack down on the conspiracy group in July, when it banned thousands of accounts that had been spreading baseless BS which Twitter said had “the potential to lead to offline harm”.
It also introduced rules meant to crack down on the spread of misinformation through these more private networks.
The separation of phenomena by length, as quantified by the renormalization group, has allowed scientists to move gradually from big to small over the centuries, rather than cracking all scales at once.
By midmonth, the state had recorded possibly the hottest temperature ever measured on earth — 130 degrees in Death Valley — and an otherworldly storm of lightning had cracked open the sky.
So in order to crack the live-streaming commerce market in the west, he said there had to be a strong, trusted point of view to stand out.
We see a system that will indict a 20-year-old for selling crack but not a police officer for choking the life out of a citizen.
“The crack baby myth is being recapitulated in terms of NAS,” Sunderlin said.
The night before he bought a lot of crack-cocaine on credit with no way to pay, intending to kill himself after smoking.
Of course, nobody could have foreseen that the floor would begin to crack.
The door opened a crack and for a second I was tempted to give in again.
This was a hard nut to crack, if his past were not to be ruthlessly severed from Angel's by a word.
There was no fight in his men; they ran like a pack of frightened coyotes at the first crack of a gun.
Here, said Toby, as the young Jew placed some fragments of food and a bottle upon the table, Success to the crack!
There is always something doing there, and I opened the door a crack to hear what was under discussion.
Should the coating crack at the knee or elbow joints, it is merely necessary to retouch it slightly at those places.