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ALL meanings of crack

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  • noun crack (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company. 0
  • noun crack (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business/events/news. 0
  • noun crack (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software. 0
  • noun crack (Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat. 0
  • noun crack (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose. 0
  • noun crack The tone of voice when changed at puberty. 0
  • noun crack (archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity. 0
  • noun crack (archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person. 0
  • noun crack (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A boast; boasting. 0
  • noun crack (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Breach of chastity. 0
  • noun crack (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. 0
  • noun crack (Slang) (dated, Britain) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy. 0
  • verb crack (Intransitive Verb) To form cracks. 0
  • verb crack (Intransitive Verb) To break apart under pressure. 0
  • verb crack (Intransitive Verb) To become debilitated by psychological pressure. 0
  • verb crack (Intransitive Verb) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture. 0
  • verb crack (Intransitive Verb) To make a cracking sound. 0
  • verb crack (Intransitive Verb) (of a voice) To change rapidly in register. 0
  • verb crack (Intransitive Verb) (of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering. 0
  • verb crack (Intransitive Verb) To make a sharply humorous comment. 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) To make a crack or cracks in. 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress. 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) To strike forcefully. 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) To open slightly. 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative). 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.). 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) To overcome a security system or a component. 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) To cause to make a sharp sound. 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) To tell (a joke). 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) (chemistry, informal) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse. 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) (computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits. 0
  • verb crack (Transitive Verb) INF To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food. 0
  • verb crack (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To brag, boast. 0
  • verb crack (Colloquial) (archaic) To be ruined or impaired; to fail. 0
  • adjective crack Highly trained and competent. 0
  • adjective crack Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch. 0
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