crack

Meanings

• a long narrow opening
• a narrow opening
  • "he opened the window a crack"
• a long narrow depression in a surface
• a sudden sharp noise
  • "the crack of a whip"
  • "he heard the cracking of the ice"
• a chance to do something
• witty remark
• a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
  • "there was a crack in the mirror"
• a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
• a usually brief attempt
  • "he took a crack at it"
• the act of cracking something
• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
  • "The glass cracked when it was heated"
• make a very sharp explosive sound
  • "His gun cracked"
• make a sharp sound
• hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
  • "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
• pass through (a barrier)
  • "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
• break partially but keep its integrity
  • "The glass cracked"
• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
• gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
  • "she cracked my password"
  • "crack a safe"
• suffer a nervous breakdown
• tell spontaneously
  • "crack a joke"
• cause to become cracked
  • "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
• reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
• break into simpler molecules by means of heat
  • "The petroleum cracked"
• of the highest quality
  • "a crack shot"

Synonyms

A-one, ace, break, break through, break up, chap, check, cleft, collapse, crack cocaine, crack up, cracking, cranny, crevice, crock up, first-rate, fissure, fling, fracture, gap, go, offer, pass, quip, sally, scissure, shot, snap, super, tiptop, top-notch, topnotch, tops, tornado, whirl, wisecrack