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English Dictionary: cracked by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cracked
adj
  1. used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips"
    Synonym(s): chapped, cracked, roughened
  2. of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
    Synonym(s): alligatored, cracked
  3. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
    Synonym(s): balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Crack \Crack\ (kr[acr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cracked}
      (kr[acr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cracking}.] [OE. cracken,
      craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to
      crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to
      rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. {Crake},
      {Cracknel}, {Creak}.]
      1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of
            the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
  
      2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow;
            hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
  
                     O, madam, my old heart is cracked.      --Shak.
  
                     He thought none poets till their brains were
                     cracked.                                             --Roscommon.
  
      3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to
            crack a whip.
  
      4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.
            --B. Jonson.
  
      5. To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low]
  
      {To crack a bottle}, to open the bottle and drink its
            contents.
  
      {To crack a crib}, to commit burglary. [Slang]
  
      {To crack on}, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more
            steam. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cracked \Cracked\ (kr[acr]kt), a.
      1. Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat.
  
      2. Crack-brained. [Colloq.]
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