Etymology : Middle English crakken, from Old English cracian; akin to Old High German chrahhOn to resound
Pronunciation : krak
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. fracture, split; loud sharp noise; blow; witty remark; form of cocaine. split, fracture; make a loud sharp noise; whip; open a little. excellent, first-rate.
2. synthetic drug, extremely addictive.
3. the vagina, Particularly vulgar expression.
4. between the buttocks.
5. (As the crack) the situation, the news, the gossip; from the Irish craic: "So what's the crack with this arguement you and Sonya have been having? ".
6. see also:
what's crackin. crack\crack\, v. i.
7. 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.
8. to be ruined or impaired; to fail. [collog.] the credit of exchequers cracks, when little comes in and much goes out.
9. to utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound. as thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.
10. to utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of. [archaic.] ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack.crack \crack\ (krăk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. cracked (krăkt); 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. cf. crake, cracknel, creak.].
11. to break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
12. 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.
13. to cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.
14. to utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. jonson.
15. to cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [low].
16. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
17. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
18. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.
19. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.
20. To cry up; to extol; followed by up.
21. To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.
22. To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
23. To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
24. To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; with of.
25. 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.
26. Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
27. 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.
28. The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
29. Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.
30. A crazy or crack-brained person.
31. A boast; boasting.
32. Breach of chastity.
33. A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
34. A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.
35. Free conversation; friendly chat.
36. Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of. a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror" a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" a long narrow opening break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked" reduce to a simpler compound by cracking become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked" tell spontaneously; "crack a joke" hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler" make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked".