crack

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

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

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
2. (countable, uncountable) A narrow opening.
3. (countable, uncountable) A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
4. (countable, slang, uncountable) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
5. (countable, figuratively, humorous, slang, uncountable) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
6. (countable, onomatopoeic, uncountable) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
7. (countable, onomatopoeic, uncountable) Any sharp sound.
8. (countable, uncountable) A sharp, resounding blow.
9. (countable, informal, uncountable) An attempt at something.
10. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar) The vagina.
11. (countable, informal, uncountable) The space between the buttocks.
12. (Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, countable, uncountable) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
13. (Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, countable, uncountable) Business; events; news.
14. (countable, uncountable) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
15. (US, countable, dated, uncountable) 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. (Cumbria, countable, uncountable) a chat. 1936, Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post, ch 3. « And when he come down in the evenings, he’d drop in every night to have a crack wi’ Old Bob. »
17. (Internet, countable, uncountable) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
18. (countable, uncountable) The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
19. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
20. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A crazy or crack-brained person.
21. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A boast; boasting.
22. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Breach of chastity.
23. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
24. (UK, countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
25. (countable, dated, uncountable) The act of hitting on someone.
26. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Dry firewood.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Highly trained and competent.
2. (not-comparable) Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

Noun

One who excels; the best, especially a winning racehorse.

Concepts

fissure

fente

crevasse

fêlure

fendre

craquer

claquer

fêler

lézarde

craquelure

craquement

briser

casser

crack

se fêler

gerçure

cassure

éclater

fracture

crever

fracas

espace

déchirure

interstice

se fendiller

se fendre

se fissurer

gercer

félure

se briser

couper en tranches

vérifier

avoir de la fièvre

coup sec

craqueler

crépiter

crevasser

déplomber

discontinuité

entrebâillement

être déchiré

être écrasé

faire du feu

fendiller

fendre du bois

fendu

fissurer

manquer de

raie des fesses

rupture

Synonymes

split

break

fissure

crevice

snap

fracture

cleft

burst

chink

chap

gap

rift

crackle

slit

smash

opening

breach

tear

flaw

slot

splinter

hole

🕳️

crash

cracking

cranny

rent

rend

cleave

click

explode

crevasse

crunch

shatter

rip

become cracked

divide

pop

check

bang

collapse

clap

👏

chip

chasm

part

split open

go

smack

clatter

rupture

break up

Traductions

Riss

fessura

grieta

crepa

Sprung

barst

fenda

Spalte

fenditura

Spalt

incrinare

zerbrechen

knacken

ρωγμή

rompere

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɹæk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: crakken

Hérité de ancien anglais: cracian

Appartenant à écossais: crak

Appartenant à frison occidental: kreakje

Appartenant à néerlandais: kraken

Appartenant à bas-allemand: kraken

Appartenant à allemand: krachen

Appartenant à lituanien: gìrgžděti

Appartenant à Classical Armenian: կարկաչ

Appartenant à sanskrit: गर्जति

In summary

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 gi̇̀rgžděti (“to creak, squeak”), Old Armenian կարկաչ (karkačʻ), Sanskrit गर्जति (gárjati, “to roar, hum”).
Compare typologically English crevice derived from Latin crepō, Bulgarian пукнатина (puknatina) akin to пу́кам (púkam), Russian тре́щина (tréščina) akin to треск (tresk), щель (ščelʹ) akin to щёлкать (ščólkatʹ).