crack

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

crack

past (v2)

cracked

past participle (v3)

cracked

present participle

cracking

3rd person singular

cracks

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

cracks

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.

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

2. 2.To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

   • Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.

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

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

4. 4.To form cracks.

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

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

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

   • A large crack had formed in the roadway.

2. 2.A narrow opening.

   • We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.
   • Open the door a crack.

3. 3.A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

   • I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.

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

   • When did naming foods after a powerful narcotic become a thing?[…]Now the mean streets of New York are rife with “salted crack caramel” ice cream, “pistachio crack” brittle, “crack steak” sandwiches, and “tuna on crack.”

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Everyday conversation

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General reading & writing

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Literature

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Synonyms

• break