Crack : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Crack	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Crack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crack adj of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" Synonym(s): ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p) n a long narrow opening [syn: crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure] a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" Synonym(s): gap, crack a long narrow depression in a surface Synonym(s): crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" Synonym(s): crack, cracking, snap a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion" Synonym(s): shot, crack witty remark Synonym(s): wisecrack, crack, sally, quip a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror" a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive Synonym(s): crack, crack cocaine, tornado a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" Synonym(s): crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer the act of cracking something Synonym(s): fracture, crack, cracking v become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" Synonym(s): crack, check, break make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked" make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" Synonym(s): snap, crack hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler" pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" Synonym(s): break through, crack break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked" break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped" Synonym(s): snap, crack gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe" suffer a nervous breakdown Synonym(s): crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse tell spontaneously; "crack a joke" cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crack \Crack\, a. Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of. [Colloq.] One of our crack speakers in the Commons. --Dickens.
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]:
Crack \Crack\, n. 1. A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass. 2. Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense. My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw. --Shak. 3. A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip. Will the stretch out to the crack of doom? --Shak. 4. The tone of voice when changed at puberty. Though now our voices Have got the mannish crack. --Shak. 5. Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack. 6. A crazy or crack-brained person. [Obs.] I . . . can not get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack and a projector. --Addison. 7. A boast; boasting. [Obs.] [bd]Crack and brags.[b8] --Burton. [bd]Vainglorius cracks.[b8] --Spenser. 8. Breach of chastity. [Obs.] --Shak. 9. A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. [Obs.] Val. 'T is a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam. --Shak. 10. A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack. [Eng. & Scot. Colloq.] 11. Free conversation; friendly chat. [Scot.] What is crack in English? . . . A crack is . . . a chat with a good, kindly human heart in it. --P. P. Alexander.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crack \Crack\, v. i. 1. To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts. By misfortune it cracked in the coling. --Boyle. The mirror cracked from side to side. --Tennyson. 2. To be ruined or impaired; to fail. [Collog.] The credit . . . of exchequers cracks, when little comes in and much goes out. --Dryden. 3. To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound. As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. --Shak. 4. To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of. [Archaic.] Ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack. --Shak.