crack

crack
noun
1》 a narrow opening between two parts of something which has split or been broken.
2》 a sudden sharp or explosive noise.
    ↘a sharp blow.
3》 informal a joke or jibe.
4》 (also craic) chiefly Irish enjoyable entertainment; a good time.
    ↘Scottish & N. English a conversation.
5》 informal an attempt to do something.
6》 (also crack cocaine) a potent hard crystalline form of cocaine broken into small pieces.
verb
1》 break or cause to break with little or no separation of the parts.
2》 give way under pressure or strain.
    ↘(crack up) informal suffer an emotional breakdown under pressure.
    ↘(crack up) informal burst into laughter.
3》 make or cause to make a sudden sharp or explosive sound.
    ↘hit hard.
4》 (of a person's voice) suddenly change in pitch, especially through strain.
5》 (crack down on) informal take severe measures against.
6》 informal solve, interpret, or decipher.
    ↘break into (a safe).
7》 (crack on) Brit. informal proceed or progress quickly.
8》 tell (a joke).
9》 decompose (hydrocarbons) by heat and pressure to produce lighter hydrocarbons.
adjective very good or skilful: a crack shot.
Phrases
be cracked up to be [with negative] informal be asserted to be: acting is not as glamorous as it's cracked up to be.
crack a crib archaic, informal break into a house.
crack of dawn daybreak.
crack of doom a thunder peal announcing the Day of Judgement.
crack of the whip Brit. informal a chance to try or participate in something.
get cracking informal act quickly and energetically.
Derivatives
cracky adjective
Origin
OE cracian 'make an explosive noise'; of Gmc origin.

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