crack
crackin verb uses
(kræk )Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense cracks , present participle cracking , past tense, past participle cracked
1. verb
If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
A gas main had cracked under my neighbour's garage and gas had seeped into our homes. [VERB]
Remove the dish from the oven, crack the salt crust and you will find the skin just peels off the fish. [VERB noun]
2. verb
If something cracks, or if you crack it, it makes a sharp sound like the sound of a piece of wood breaking.
Thunder cracked in the sky. [VERB]
He cracked his fingers nervously. [VERB noun]
3. verb
4. verb
5. verb
He has finally cracked the system after years of painstaking research. [VERB noun]
6. verb
If someone cracks, they lose control of their emotions or actions because they are under a lot of pressure.
[informal]She's calm and strong, and she is just not going to crack. [VERB]
I had the conviction Larkin's nerve would crack and he'd squeeze the trigger in a reflex action. [VERB]
Some countries are showing signs of cracking under intense pressure from the United States. [VERB]
7. verb
8. verb
If you crack a joke, you tell it.
He cracked jokes and talked about beer and girls. [VERB noun]
Phrasal verbs:
crackin noun and adjective uses
(kræk )Word forms: plural cracks
1. countable noun
2. singular noun
3. countable noun
A crack is a line that appears on the surface of something when it is slightly damaged.
The plate had a crack in it. [+ in]
Hundreds of office buildings and homes developed large cracks in walls and ceilings. [+ in]
4. countable noun
A crack is a sharp sound, like the sound of a piece of wood breaking.
Suddenly there was a loud crack and glass flew into the car.
'Crack!'–The first shot rang out, hitting Paolo.
5. singular noun
If you have or take a crack at something, you make an attempt to do or achieve something.
[informal]I should love to have a crack at the Olympia title in my last year. [+ at]
She decided to head for the dormitory to take another crack at locating Blanche.
6. countable noun
8. See also crack cocaine
9. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
10. See also craic
