Meaning & Definition of Crack in English

1. A long narrow opening

2. A narrow opening

• "He opened the window a crack"

3. A long narrow depression in a surface

4. A sudden sharp noise

• "The crack of a whip"

• "He heard the cracking of the ice"

• "He can hear the snap of a twig"

5. A chance to do something

• "He wanted a shot at the champion"

6. Witty remark

7. A blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts

• "There was a crack in the mirror"

8. A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted

• Highly addictive

9. A usually brief attempt

• "He took a crack at it"

• "I gave it a whirl"

10. The act of cracking something

1. Become fractured

• Break or crack on the surface only

• "The glass cracked when it was heated"

2. Make a very sharp explosive sound

• "His gun cracked"

3. Make a sharp sound

• "His fingers snapped"

4. Hit forcefully

• Deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise

• "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"

5. Pass through (a barrier)

• "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

6. Break partially but keep its integrity

• "The glass cracked"

7. Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

• "The pipe snapped"

8. Gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions

• "She cracked my password"

• "Crack a safe"

9. Suffer a nervous breakdown

10. Tell spontaneously

• "Crack a joke"

11. Cause to become cracked

• "Heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"

12. Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

13. Break into simpler molecules by means of heat

• "The petroleum cracked"

1. Of the highest quality

• "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"