crack

Noun

crack (plural cracks)

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

   A large crack had formed in the roadway.

2. A narrow opening.

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

3. When forming an opening, a small amount.

   Open the door a crack.

4. (onomatopoetic): The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

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

5. (onomatopoetic): Any sharp sound.

   The crack of the bat hitting the ball.

6. A sharply humorous comment; a wise-crack.

   I didn"t appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.

7. (vulgar) The space between the buttocks. (Also referred to as UK: bum crack, US: ass crack.)

   Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.

8. (Irish slang) Fun, good times. (Sometimes spelt craic).

   The party was great crack.

9. (computing): Any program designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software. See also: cracker a person who commits computer crimes.
10. (slang, also crack cocaine): A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

    I wouldn"t use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack. - Whitney Houston.

11. A Cumbrian (and elsewhere throughout the North of the United Kingdom) term for "a meaningful chat."
12. The elite of a certain group.

    He ordered in a crack squad.

13. (vulgar slang) vagina.

    I"m so horny even the crack of dawn isn"t safe! - In this example a play on words, in which the term for first daylight is used, as if it was referring to the vagina of a woman named Dawn.

14. (colloquial): An opportunity to attempt something.

    I"d like to take a crack at that game.

5 letters in word "crack": A C C K R.

No anagrams for crack found in this word list.

Words found within crack:

ar arc ark car cark ka rack

• Definitions:
• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked" a long narrow opening snap: make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" gap: a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler" crevice: a long narrow depression in a surface break through: pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked" shot: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion" snap: break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The rope snapped" wisecrack: witty remark crack up: suffer a nervous breakdown a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror" tell spontaneously; "crack a joke" cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked" fracture: the act of cracking something ace: 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"
• In Irish English, the word crack or craic means "fun, enjoyment, abandonment, or lighthearted mischief; often in the context of drinking or music". In Ireland, the spelling craic is now more common for this sense of the the word crack. ...
• Crack is a Unix password cracking program designed to allow system administrators to locate users who may have weak passwords vulnerable to a dictionary attack.
• Fissure or discontinuity of the pavement surface not necessarily extending through the entire thickness of the pavement. Cracks generally develop after initial construction of the pavement and may be caused by thermal effects, excess loadings, or excess deflections.
• An extended crack in a windshield from both sides of an impact point. There are several different kinds of cracks: Short crack: A crack on the windshield of 6 inches (15.24 cm) or less. Long crack: A crack on the windshield of more than 6 inches (15.24 cm). ...
• "Slang" term for a smokeable form of cocaine. [6]
• A popular hacking tool used to decode encrypted passwords. System administrators also use Crack to assess weak passwords by novice users in order to enhance the security of the AIS.
• (Also known as rock, wash and stone). Crack is a smokeable form of cocaine. It is a Class A drug. It is more intense than cocaine.
• To gain unauthorized access to a network by breaching its security. Also, to decipher encrypted information.
• A fracture in an ice floe that has not parted substantially. More specifically, it is any fracture of fast ice, consolidated ice, or a single floe that may have been followed by separation ranging from a few centimeters to 1 m.
• this is a term generally used when describing a defect of an item. Celluloid pinback buttons are susceptible to cracking, thus this term is often used when describing them. Cracks can adversely affect the value of an item.
• Cocaine is a strong central nervous system stimulant. "Crack" is the street name given to cocaine that has been processed from cocaine hydrochloride to a free base for smoking. The term "crack" refers to the crackling sound heard when the mixture is smoked (heated). ...
• Freebase form of cocaine (cocaine hydrochloride) that is usually smoked. Freebase refers to the absence of inert ingredients used to cut cocaine.
• A long narrow discontinuity
• A fracture type discontinuity characterized by a sharp tip and high ratio of length and width to opening displacement.
• the separation of two rock faces, ranging in size from the width of a chimney to microscopically narrow.
• an open break; contrast with hairline.
• Linear discontinuity produced by fracture (BS 499). Elongated narrow opening. Synonyms can include: break, split, fracture, fissure, separation, cleavage, in various applications
• To break the security of an object. The term may be applied to a computer system, a cryptographic algorithm or any security mechanism.
• The spread in dollars per barrel between crude oil and its refined products. Also known as refining margin.
• Type of crack and crack size. (Chapters 10, 12)
• refers to a fracture in opal, which greatly reduces the value.
• Damage caused by excessive stress. Cracks usually appear in barrels where a friction-fit section is inserted, in cap lips of pens that have been posted too forcibly, or in nibs. ...
• A slang term used to describe the act of opening a sealed wax box. (ie "I just cracked a box of 2001 Donruss baseball and all I got was a lousy Adam Pettyjohn rookie.") Not to be confused with the illicit substance of the same name, but can be just as addictive. ...
• Cracks appearing in dreams are rarely seen as a positive sign. With connotations of cracking mentally or emotionally, even psychologically, the crack is an image that usually shows up with unexpected strain.
• In horse circles crack means the very best. It can be the horse or the jockey.
• from the noise it makes when it is smoked

• crabwise ←
• crabsticks ←
• crabstick ←
• crack
• → crackajack
• → crackajacks
• → crackback