crack
1. a long narrow opening (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
• Derivationally related forms:
fissure (for: fissure)
• Hypernyms:
opening, gap
• Hyponyms:
chap, chink, crevasse, fatigue crack, fault,
faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break, rift,
slit, split, vent, volcano
2. a narrow opening (Freq. 2)
- he opened the window a crack
• Syn:
gap
• Derivationally related forms:
gap (for: gap)
• Hypernyms:
opening
• Hyponyms:
lacuna, blank, spark gap
3. a long narrow depression in a surface (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
crevice, cranny, fissure, chap
• Derivationally related forms:
fissure (for: fissure)
• Hypernyms:
depression, impression, imprint
4. a sudden sharp noise (Freq. 1)
- the crack of a whip
- he heard the cracking of the ice
- he can hear the snap of a twig
• Syn:
cracking, snap
• Derivationally related forms:
snap (for: snap), crack (for: cracking)
• Hypernyms:
noise
5. a chance to do something
- he wanted a shot at the champion
• Syn:
shot
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Hypernyms:
opportunity, chance
6. witty remark
• Syn:
wisecrack, sally, quip
• Derivationally related forms:
quip (for: quip), wisecrack (for: wisecrack)
• Hypernyms:
remark, comment, input
7. a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- there was a crack in the mirror
• Hypernyms:
blemish, defect, mar
• Hyponyms:
craze
8. a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted;
highly addictive
• Syn:
crack cocaine, tornado
• Hypernyms:
cocaine, cocain
9. a usually brief attempt
- he took a crack at it
- I gave it a whirl
• Syn:
fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
• Hypernyms:
attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
10. the act of cracking something
• Syn:
fracture, cracking
• Derivationally related forms:
crack (for: cracking), fracture (for: fracture)
• Hypernyms:
breakage, break, breaking
1. become fractured;
break or crack on the surface only (Freq. 6)
- The glass cracked when it was heated
• Syn:
check, break
• Derivationally related forms:
breakable (for: break), break (for: break), check (for: check)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Group:
check, chink
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The glass tubes crack
- These glasses crack easily
2. make a very sharp explosive sound (Freq. 4)
- His gun cracked
• Derivationally related forms:
cracker, cracking
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. make a sharp sound (Freq. 2)
- his fingers snapped
• Syn:
snap
• Derivationally related forms:
cracker, snap (for: snap)
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
4. hit forcefully;
deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise (Freq. 2)
- The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler
• Derivationally related forms:
cracking
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
- The fighter managed to crack his opponent
5. pass through (a barrier) (Freq. 2)
- Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county
• Syn:
break through
• Hypernyms:
pass, go through, go across
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
6. break partially but keep its integrity (Freq. 1)
- The glass cracked
• Hypernyms:
check, break
• Hyponyms:
chap, craze, alligator
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
7. break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension (Freq. 1)
- The pipe snapped
• Syn:
snap
• Derivationally related forms:
snap (for: snap)
• Hypernyms:
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
8. gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- she cracked my password
- crack a safe
• Derivationally related forms:
cracker
• Hypernyms:
break in, break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
9. suffer a nervous breakdown
• Syn:
crack up, crock up, break up, collapse
• Derivationally related forms:
collapse (for: collapse), crack-up (for: crack up)
• Hypernyms:
suffer, sustain, have, get
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
10. tell spontaneously
- crack a joke
• Hypernyms:
tell, narrate, recount, recite
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
11. cause to become cracked
- heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
check, chink, fissure
• Verb Group:
check, break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They crack the glass tubes
12. reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
• Derivationally related forms:
cracking
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
decompose, break up, break down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
13. break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- The petroleum cracked
• Derivationally related forms:
cracking
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
of the highest quality (Freq. 2)
- an ace reporter
- a crack shot
- a first-rate golfer
- a super party
- played top-notch tennis
- an athlete in tiptop condition
- she is absolutely tops
• Syn:
ace, A-one, first-rate, super, tiptop,
topnotch, top-notch, tops
• Similar to:
superior
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
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