Word Finder - crack

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A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

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A large crack had formed in the roadway.

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A narrow opening.

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Open the door a crack.

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A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

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I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.

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Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

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crack head

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The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

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The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.

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Any sharp sound.

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The crack of the bat hitting the ball.

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A sharp, resounding blow.

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An attempt at something.

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I'd like to take a crack at that game.

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Vagina.

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I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!

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The space between the buttocks.

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Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.

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Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.

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He/she is quare good crack.

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Business; events; news.

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What's the crack?

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A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

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Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?

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(elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.

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Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

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The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

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A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.

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He has a crack.

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A crazy or crack-brained person.

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A boast; boasting.

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Breach of chastity.

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A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

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A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.

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I'll be with you in a crack.

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To form cracks.

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It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.

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To break apart under pressure.

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When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.

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To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

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Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.

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To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.

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When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.

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To make a cracking sound.

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The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.

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(of a voice) To change rapidly in register.

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His voice cracked with emotion.

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(of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

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His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.

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To make a sharply humorous comment.

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"I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.

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To make a crack or cracks in.

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The ball cracked the window.

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To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

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You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.

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To strike forcefully.

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She cracked him over the head with her handbag.

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To open slightly.

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Could you please crack the window?

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To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)

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They managed to crack him on the third day.

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To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.)

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I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.

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To overcome a security system or a component.

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It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe.

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To cause to make a sharp sound.

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to crack a whip

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To tell (a joke).

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The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke.

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To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

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Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C.

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To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

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That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.

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To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

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I'd love to crack open a beer.

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To brag, boast.

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To be ruined or impaired; to fail.