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crack

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1. crack - Noun

2. crack - Adjective

3. crack - Verb

4. crack - Adjective Satellite

5. Crack - Proper noun

Meaning

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.

To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.

To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.

To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up.

To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.

To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.

To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of.

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.

Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.

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.

Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.

A crazy or crack-brained person.

A boast; boasting.

Breach of chastity.

A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.

Free conversation; friendly chat.

Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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