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noun 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. 2.Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense. "My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw." 3.A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip. "Will the stretch out to the crack of doom?" 4.The tone of voice when changed at puberty. "Though now our voices Have got the mannish crack." 5.Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack. 6.A crazy or crack-brained person. (Obs.) "I... can not get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack and a projector." 7.A boast; boasting. (Obs.) "Crack and brags." "Vainglorius cracks." 8.Breach of chastity. (Obs.) 9.A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. (Obs.) "Val. 'T is a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam." 10.A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack. (Eng. & Scot. Colloq.) 11.Free conversation; friendly chat. (Scot.) "What is crack in English?... A crack is... a chat with a good, kindly human heart in it." 12.A witty remark; a wisecrack. 13.A chance or opportunity to do something; an attempt; as, I'll take a crack at it. 14.A form of cocaine, highly purified and prepared as small pellets, especially suitable for smoking; also called rock. Used in this form it appears to be more addicting than cocaine powder. (slang)
verb Crack v. t. (past & past part. cracked; pres. part. cracking) 1.To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts. 2.To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze. "O, madam, my old heart is cracked." "He thought none poets till their brains were cracked." 3.To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip. 4.To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. 5.To cry up; to extol; followed by up. (Low) To crack a bottle, to open the bottle and drink its contents. To crack a crib, to commit burglary. (Slang) To crack on, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more steam. (Colloq.)
Crack v. i. 1.To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts. "By misfortune it cracked in the coling." "The mirror cracked from side to side." 2.To be ruined or impaired; to fail. (Collog.) "The credit... of exchequers cracks, when little comes in and much goes out." 3.To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound. "As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack." 4.To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; with of. (Archaic.) "Ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack."
adjective Crack adj. Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of; as, a crack shot. (Colloq.) "One of our crack speakers in the Commons."
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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