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ENGLISH: crack - CREOLE: fant

Overview of noun crack

The noun crack has 10 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (3) crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure -- (a long narrow opening)

2. (2) gap, crack -- (a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack")

3. (1) crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap -- (a long narrow depression in a surface)

4. (1) crack, cracking, snap -- (a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig")

5. shot, crack -- (a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion")

6. wisecrack, crack, sally, quip -- (witty remark)

7. crack -- (a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror")

8. crack, tornado -- (a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted)

9. crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer -- (a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl")

10. fracture, crack, cracking -- (the act of cracking something)

Overview of verb crack

The verb crack has 12 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)

1. (6) crack, check, break -- (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated")

2. (4) crack -- (make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked")

3. (2) snap, crack -- (make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped")

4. (2) crack -- (hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler")

5. (2) break through, crack -- (pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county")

6. (1) crack -- (break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked")

7. (1) snap, crack -- (break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The rope snapped")

8. crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse -- (suffer a nervous breakdown)

9. crack -- (tell spontaneously; "crack a joke")

10. crack -- (cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair")

11. crack -- (reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking)

12. crack -- (break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked")

Overview of adj crack

The adj crack has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) ace, A-one, crack, fantastic, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, tops -- (of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops")