crack

Signification

Verb

1. To form cracks.
2. To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
3. To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
4. To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
5. To make a cracking sound.
6. To change rapidly in register.
7. To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
8. To make a sharply humorous comment.
9. (slang) To realize that one is transgender.
10. To make a crack or cracks in.
11. To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
12. To strike forcefully.
13. To open slightly.
14. To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
15. To solve a difficult problem.
16. To overcome a security system or component.
17. To cause to make a sharp sound.
18. To tell (a joke).
19. (chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
20. To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
21. (informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
22. (obsolete) To brag; to boast.
23. (colloquial) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
24. (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).

Noun

1. A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
2. A narrow opening.
3. A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
4. (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
5. (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
6. The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
7. Any sharp sound.
8. A sharp, resounding blow.
9. (informal) An attempt at something.
10. (slang) The vagina.
11. (informal) The space between the buttocks.
12. Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
13. Business; events; news.
14. A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
15. An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.
16. a meaningful chat.
17. Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
18. The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
19. A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
20. A crazy or crack-brained person.
21. (obsolete) A boast; boasting.
22. (obsolete) Breach of chastity.
23. (obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
24. (slang) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.

Adj

1. Highly trained and competent.
2. Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

Noun

One who excels; the best.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɹæk/

Étymologie

From Middle English crakken, craken, from Old English cracian (“to resound, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to resound, cry hoarsely”).
Cognate with Scots crak (“to crack”), West Frisian kreakje (“to crack”), Dutch kraken (“to crunch, creak, squeak”), Low German kraken (“to crack”), German krachen (“to crash, crack, creak”), Lithuanian gìrgžděti (“to creak, squeak”), Old Armenian կարկաչ (karkačʻ), Sanskrit गर्जति (gárjati, “to roar, hum”).