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Crack
krak
- a line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart
"a hairline crack down the middle of the glass"
- a narrow space between two surfaces which have broken or been moved apart
"he climbed into a crack between two rocks"
- a vulnerable point; a flaw
"the company spotted a crack in their rival's defences"
- the cleft between the buttocks
"her hair came down to her bum crack"
- a sudden sharp or explosive noise
"a loud crack of thunder"
- a sharp audible blow
"she gave the thief a crack over the head with her rolling pin"
- a sudden harshness or change in pitch in a person's voice
"the boy's voice had an uncertain crack in it"
- a joke, typically a critical or unkind one
"he knew about the gossip and would make the odd crack"
- enjoyable social activity; a good time
"he loved the crack, the laughing"
social gathering gathering social occasion social event social function function get-together celebration reunion festivity jamboree reception at-home soirée social- a conversation
"they are having a great crack about shooting"
- an attempt to achieve something
"I fancy having a crack at winning a fourth title"
- a chance to attack or compete with someone
"he wanted to have a crack at the enemy"
- a potent hard crystalline form of cocaine broken into small pieces and inhaled or smoked
"he uses crack and cocaine"
- break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts
"the ice all over the bog had cracked"
- break or cause to break open or apart
"a chunk of the cliff had cracked off in a storm"
- break (wheat or corn) into coarse pieces
- give way or cause to give way under torture, pressure, or strain
"the witnesses cracked and the truth came out"
- make or cause to make a sudden sharp or explosive sound
"a shot cracked across the ridge"
- knock hard against something
"she winced as her knees cracked against metal"
- hit (someone or something) hard
"she cracked him across the forehead"
- (of a person's voice) suddenly change in pitch, especially through strain
"‘I want to get away,’ she said, her voice cracking"
- find a solution to; decipher or interpret
"the code will help you crack the messages"
solve find an/the answer to find a/the solution to resolve work out puzzle out fathom find the key to decipher decode break clear up interpret translate straighten out get to the bottom of make head or tail of unravel disentangle untangle unfold piece together elucidate- break into (a safe)
- tell (a joke)
"he cracked jokes which she didn't find very funny"
- decompose (hydrocarbons) by heat and pressure with or without a catalyst to produce lighter hydrocarbons, especially in oil refining
"catalytic cracking increases gasoline yields"