To form cracks. Example: It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.
To break apart under pressure. Example: When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
To become debilitated by psychological pressure. Example: Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture. Example: When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
To make a cracking sound. Example: The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
(of a voice) To change rapidly in register. Example: His voice cracked with emotion.
(of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering. Example: His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
To make a sharply humorous comment. Example: "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.
To make a crack or cracks in. Example: The ball cracked the window.
To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress. Example: You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
To strike forcefully. Example: She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
To open slightly. Example: Could you please crack the window?
To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative) Example: They managed to crack him on the third day.
To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.) Example: I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
To overcome a security system or a component. Example: It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe.
To cause to make a sharp sound. Example: to crack a whip
To tell (a joke). Example: The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke.
To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse. Example: Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C.
To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits. Example: That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food. Example: I'd love to crack open a beer.
To brag, boast.
To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
The formation of cracks on a surface.
The production of a crack sound. Example: the crackings of whips
Great. Example: The race started at a cracking pace.
Enjoyable. Example: We had a cracking time.
Very, usually associated with praise. Example: It was a cracking good show.
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