cracking

Meaning

Noun

1. The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
2. The formation of cracks on a surface.
3. The production of a crack sound.

Adj

1. That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking.
2. (colloquial) Great; excellent.
3. (colloquial) Enjoyable.

Adv

Very, usually associated with praise.

Verb

present participle and gerund of crack

Synonyms

crack

breaking

fracture

splitting

break

snapping

keen

dandy

bang-up

corking

slap-up

nifty

snap

groovy

smashing

failure

crackle

abruption

flaw

breakage

fractional distillation

neat

not bad

craze

swell

outstanding

peachy

broken

bully

great

disruptive

dissociation

excellent

fissure

flapping

flicking

fractionation

fracturing

fragile

fragmentation

fragmenting

gash

golden

hacking

impair

jimdandy

lashing

leaping

marvelous

open

pleasurable

rapture

rattling

rend

resolution

rift

rupture

select

shattering

soak

spalling

splendid

splinter

splintering

split

splitting up

sterling

stunning

super

superior

swishing

tear

thermal decomposition

wedging

clearage

ecphlysis

effracture

fissuration

rifting

extraordinaire

jimhickey

flying-off

rhegma

out-break

failure breaking

spontaneous breaking

pleasureful

jiggy

admirable

analytical

boxing

brag

breakdown

break up

brittle

burst

chapping

check

chip

clink

collapsing

comminution

copesetic

crackerjack

crashing

crazing

crisp

crushing

decompose

decomposition

decompound

degradation

dehiscence

destruction

digestion

disintegration

disruption

Translations

craquage

cricca

Cracken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹækɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English crakynge.