crack

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noun

1 line on the surface of sth where it has broken

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, deep, huge, large, long, serious (esp. BrE)

▪ short, small

▪ fine, hairline, thin

CRACK + VERB

▪ appear

▪ develop, spread

▪ run

▪ A fine crack ran up the wall.

2 narrow opening

ADJECTIVE

▪ narrow, small, tiny

▪ wide

VERB + CRACK

▪ fill, seal

▪ We filled the cracks in the plaster before hanging the wallpaper.

CRACK + VERB

▪ appear

▪ Wide cracks appeared in the ground during the drought.

▪ open up, widen

PREPOSITION

▪ crack in

▪ There's a crack in the fence big enough to look through.

PHRASES

▪ a crack of light

▪ a tiny crack of light under the door

▪ open a door, window, etc. a crack

▪ Could you open the window just a crack?

3 sudden loud sound

ADJECTIVE

▪ loud, resounding, sharp

▪ sickening

▪ satisfying

▪ audible

VERB + CRACK

▪ hear

CRACK + VERB

▪ echo

▪ A loud crack echoed off the empty walls.

PREPOSITION

▪ with a crack

▪ The chandelier hit the floor with a crack.

▪ crack of

PHRASES

▪ the crack of a whip

▪ a crack of thunder
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verb become mentally ill

ADVERB

▪ completely

▪ finally

▪ The stresses of her job became too great and she finally cracked.

▪ up

▪ He thought he'd never get through the ordeal without cracking up.

PHRASES

▪ crack under the pressure, crack under the strain, show signs of cracking

▪ He is under a lot of pressure but is showing no signs of cracking.

PHRASAL VERB

crack down

ADVERB

▪ hard

PREPOSITION

▪ on

▪ to crack down hard on crime

Crack is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑egg, ↑glass, ↑ice, ↑leather, ↑mud, ↑thunder, ↑veneer, ↑voice, ↑whip, ↑windscreen

Crack is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bone, ↑case, ↑code, ↑crime, ↑egg, ↑gag, ↑glass, ↑grin, ↑joke, ↑knuckle, ↑mirror, ↑mystery, ↑nut, ↑password, ↑puzzle, ↑rib, ↑safe, ↑scheme, ↑shot, ↑skull, ↑smile, ↑whip, ↑windscreen
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adj.

Crack is used with these nouns: ↑cocaine, ↑force, ↑shot, ↑team, ↑troops

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Synonyms:

Break, cleft, breach, chink, fissure, crevice, cranny, opening, rift, rent, Break (partially), Break, split, burst, chap, open in chinks / Report, clap, pop, burst, explosion, Split, chop, cleave, rend asunder, Brag, bluster, vapor, vaunt, boast, gasconade, crow, Excellent, capital, tiptop, first-rate, first-class / Snap (of a whip), Snap (as a whip) / Craze, drive insane, madden

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crack — crack … Dictionnaire des rimes
crack — crack; crack·et; crack·led; crack·less; crack·le·ware; crack·ly; crack·nel; crack·pot; gim·crack·ery; wise·crack·er; hy·dro·crack; crack·er; crack·er·jack; crack·ers; crack·ing; crack·le; crack·ling; gim·crack; crack·lin; crack·pot·ism; … English syllables
Crack — Crack, n. 1. A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass. [1913 Webster] 2. Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crack — crack1 [krak] vi. [ME craken < OE cracian, to resound, akin to Ger krachen < IE base * ger : see CROW1] 1. to make a sudden, sharp noise, as of something breaking 2. to break or split, usually without complete separation of parts 3. a) to… … English World dictionary
Crack — may refer to: Crack cocaine, the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked Crack, a fracture or discontinuation in a body Crack may also refer to: Contents 1 Music 2 Slang … Wikipedia
crack — ► NOUN 1) a narrow opening between two parts of something which has split or been broken. 2) a sudden sharp or explosive noise. 3) a sharp blow. 4) informal a joke or jibe. 5) informal an attempt to do something. 6) Irish enjoyable entertainment; … English terms dictionary
Crack — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La palabra crack es un anglicismo que se ha agregado al español para expresar diversos conceptos. En el arte, Generación del crack, un movimiento estético de narradores mexicanos de fines del siglo XX. En informática … Wikipedia Español
Crack — (kr[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cracked} (kr[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cracking}.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to rattle, or perh. of imitative origin … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crack — vb *break, burst, bust, snap, shatter, shiver Analogous words: split, rend, cleave, rive (see TEAR) crack n 1 Crack, cleft, fissure, crevasse, crevice, cranny, chink are comparable when meaning an opening, break, or discontinuity made by or as if … New Dictionary of Synonyms
crack — [adj] super, first rate able, ace, adept, best, capital, choice, crackerjack*, deluxe, elite, excellent, expert, first class, handpicked, pro*, proficient, skilled, skillful, superior, talented; concepts 528,542,574 Ant. bad, inferior, poor crack … New thesaurus
crack up — {v.} 1. To wreck or be wrecked; smash up. * /The airplane cracked up in landing./ * /He cracked up his car./ 2. {informal} To become mentally ill under physical or mental overwork or worry. * /He had kept too busy for years, and when failures… … Dictionary of American idioms

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