crack
— Verb
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~ make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped"
crack
— Verb
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~ reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
crack
— Verb
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~ tell spontaneously; "crack a joke"
crack
— Verb
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~ cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
crack
— Verb
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~ pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
crack
— Verb
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~ become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
crack
— Verb
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~ suffer a nervous breakdown
crack
— Verb
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~ hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
crack
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~ make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"
crack
— Verb
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~ break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
crack
— Adjective
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~ of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"
crack
— Noun
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~ a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive