rft|possible changes to UK and Irish regional slang
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/kræk/
audio|en-us-crack.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|æk

Noun
en-noun

1. A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

#: A large crack had formed in the roadway.

1. A narrow opening.

#: We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.

1. When forming an opening, a small amount.

#: Open the door a crack.

1. context|onomatopoetic The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

#: The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.

1. context|onomatopoetic Any sharp sound.

#: The crack of the bat hitting the ball.

1. A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

#: I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.

1. vulgar The space between the buttocks.

#: Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.

1. context|Scots language|common in lowland Scotland and Ulster conviviality; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company.

#: The crack was guid.
#: Thon was guid crack.
#: He/she is quare good crack.
#: The party was great crack.

1. context|Geordie Business/events

#:What's the crack?

1. computing A program, password or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
2. context|slang A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

#* w:Whitney Houston|Whitney Houston:
#*: I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack.

1. context|Cumbrian|elsewhere throughout the North of the UK a meaningful chat.
2. vulgar|slang vagina.

#: I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!

1. colloquial An opportunity to attempt something.

#:I'd like to take a crack at that game.
#Ireland colloquial good fun. (See usage note re Scots sense).
#*2006, Patrick McCabe?, Winterwood, Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
#*:By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!

Usage notes
sense|Scots language|common in lowland Scotland and Ulster|conviviality In the last few decades the word term|crack has been adopted into Gaelic, as there is no "k" in the Irish language the spelling term|craic has been devised.

Synonyms
sense|vulgar|The space between the buttocks qualifier|UK bum crack, qualifier|US ass crack
sense|slang|potent variety of cocaine crack cocaine

Translations
trans-top|A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material
German: t|de|Ritz|m, t|de|Sprung|m, t|de|Riss|m, t|de|Spalte|m
Kurdish: KUchar|درز
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|abertura|f
trans-bottom

trans-top|The sharp sound made when solid material breaks
German: t|de|Knall|m, t|de|Knacks|m, t|de|Krachen|n
Kurdish: KUchar|�رت��
trans-mid
Portuguese: t|pt|estalo|m
Spanish: t-|es|estallido|m
trans-bottom

checktrans
ttbc|Spanish: chasquido m
ttbc|Telugu: ప��ల� (pagulu) (pl ప��ళ�ళ�) (1, 2), ��లి� (cheelika), న�ర�ర� (nerre)

Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To form cracks.

#: It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.

1. intransitive To break apart under pressure.

#: When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.

1. intransitive To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

#: Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.

1. intransitive To yield under interrogation.

#: When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.

1. intransitive To make a cracking sound.

#: The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.

1. context|intransitive|of a voice To change rapidly in register.

#: His voice cracked with emotion.

1. context|intransitive|of a pubescent boy's voice To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

#: His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.

1. intransitive To make a sharply humorous comment.

#: "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.

1. computing To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

#: That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.

1. transitive To make a crack or cracks in.

#: The ball cracked the window.

1. transitive To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

#: You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.

1. transitive To strike forcefully.

#: She cracked him over the head with her handbag.

1. transitive To open slightly.

#: Could you please crack the window?

1. transitive To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)

#: They managed to crack him on the third day.

1. transitive To solve a difficult problem. i|Figurative, from cracking a nut.

#: I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.

1. transitive To cause to make a sharp sound.

#* 2001: Doug McGuinn?, The Apple Indians
#*: Hershell cracked his knuckles, a nervous habit that drove Inez crazy....

1. transitive|chemistry|informal To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

#:Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700 °C.

1. transitive|colloquial To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

#: I'd love to crack open a beer.

1. transitive To tell (a joke).

Translations
rfc-trans
ttbc|Spanish: resquebajar
ttbc|Telugu: ప��ల� (pagulu), ��ల� (cheelu), న�ర�ర�లి���� (nerrelicchu)
ttbc|Telugu: ప��ల������ (pagulagoTTu)

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Highly trained and competent.

#: Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.

Related terms
top2
bumcrack
crack a crib
crack baby
crack down
cracked
cracker
cracker-jack
crack kills<!--pl, historic anti-drug phrase in US. +Bart Simpson-->
mid2
crack of dawn
crack on
crack seed
crack up
crack whore
what's the crack
wisecrack
bottom2

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English ergative verbs
Category:Irish derivations

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te:crack
vi:crack
zh:crack

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