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noun
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- A large had formed in the roadway.
- A narrow opening.
- We managed to squeeze through a in the rock wall.
- When forming an opening, a small amount.
- Open the door a .
- (context, onomatopoetic) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- The of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
- (context, onomatopoetic) Any sharp sound.
- The of the bat hitting the ball.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- I didn't appreciate that about my hairstyle.
- (vulgar) The space between the buttocks.
- Pull up your pants! Your is showing.
- (context, Scots language, common in lowland Scotland and Ulster) conviviality; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company.
- The was guid.
- Thon was guid .
- He/she is quare good .
- The party was great .
- (context, Geordie) Business/events
- What's the ?
- (computing) A program, password or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- (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.
- (context, Cumbrian, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
- (vulgar, slang) vagina.
- I'm so horny even the of dawn isn't safe!
- (colloquial) An opportunity to attempt something.
- I'd like to take a 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 in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!
Translations: - German: (t, de, Knall, m), (t, de, Knacks, m), (t, de, Krachen, n)
- Spanish: estallido(es)m
(trans-bottom)
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verb
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- It's been so dry, the ground is starting to .
- (intransitive) To break apart under pressure.
- When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- Anyone would after being hounded like that.
- (intransitive) To yield under interrogation.
- When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
- (context, intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- His voice cracked with emotion.
- (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.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.
- (computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can it.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- The ball cracked the window.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- You'll need a hammer to a black walnut.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- Could you please the window?
- (transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
- They managed to him on the third day.
- (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.
- (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....
- (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.
- (transitive, colloquial) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- I'd love to open a beer.
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
Translations: adjective
- Highly trained and competent.
- Even a team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
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