crack


Meanings

  • a long narrow opening
  • a narrow opening;
    • "he opened the window a crack"
  • a long narrow depression in a surface
  • a sudden sharp noise;
    • "the crack of a whip"
    • "he heard the cracking of the ice"
  • a chance to do something;
  • witty remark
  • a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts;
    • "there was a crack in the mirror"
  • a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
  • a usually brief attempt;
    • "he took a crack at it"
  • the act of cracking something
  • 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"
  • make a sharp sound;
  • hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise;
    • "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
  • pass through (a barrier);
    • "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
  • break partially but keep its integrity;
    • "The glass cracked"
  • break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;
  • gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions;
    • "she cracked my password"
    • "crack a safe"
  • suffer a nervous breakdown
  • tell spontaneously;
    • "crack a joke"
  • cause to become cracked;
    • "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
  • reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
  • break into simpler molecules by means of heat;
    • "The petroleum cracked"
  • of the highest quality;
    • "a crack shot"
  • CRACK v -ED, -ING, -S to break without dividing into parts


Scrabble Score: 13

crack is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

crack is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

crack is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 15

crack is a valid Words With Friends word