crack
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid materialA thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
» Tom opened the window a crack.
Tom öffnete das Fenster einen Spaltbreit.
Том приоткрыл окно.
Том слегка приоткрыл окно.
Том малость приоткрыл окно.
Том привідчинив двері.
Meaning
28 senses(countable, uncountable)A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
A large crack had formed in the roadway.
Ritze, Sprung, Riss
тре́щинаtréščina
трі́щинаtríščyna
(countable, uncountable)A narrow opening.
We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.
Open the door a crack.
щельščelʹ, расще́линаrasščélina, рассе́линаrassélina
a narrow opening
(countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
остро́таostróta
(countable, figuratively, slang, uncommon, uncountable)A flaw, weakness, setback, or insecurity.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack pipe.
crack head
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
(broadly, countable, figuratively, humorous, slang, uncountable)Something pleasurable (good-tasting or appealing) and habit-forming.
kitty crack
Her love was crack to me, and I was hooked real bad.
(countable, onomatopoeic, uncountable)The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
Knall, Knacks, Krachen
трескtresk
(countable, onomatopoeic, uncountable)Any sharp sound.
The crack of the bat hitting the ball.
трескtresk
a sudden sharp noise
(countable, uncountable)A sharp, resounding blow.
(countable, slang, uncountable)An attempt at something.
I'd like to take a crack at that game.
a usually brief attempt
(countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)The vagina.
Spalte, Ritze
щельščelʹ, щёлкаščólka
(countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)The space between the buttocks.
Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.
Examples
696 sentencesTom opened the window a crack.
Том привідчинив двері.
ruТом приоткрыл окно.
deTom öffnete das Fenster einen Spaltbreit.
There is a crack in the glass.
У склі є тріщина.
ruНа стекле трещина.
deDas Glas ist gesprungen.
Tom saw a crack in the wall.
Том побачив тріщину у стіні.
ruТом увидел трещину в стене.
deTom sah einen Riss in der Wand.
The cup has a crack.
Чашка має тріщину.
ruЭта чашка надтреснута.
deDie Tasse hat einen Sprung.
This ice is going to crack.
deDieses Eis wird bald aufbrechen.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 6
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English crakken, craken, from Old English cracian (“to resound, crack”), fromFrom Middle English crakken, craken, from Old English cracian (“to resound, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to resound, cry hoarsely”).
Slang first attested 1793, perhaps from the verb in the sense of doing something quickly or with intelligence, or in the sense of "speaking boastingly" and having something to be proud of.
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Forms
plural: cracksSynonyms
167 synonyms- a usually brief attempt:flinggopasswhirloffer
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive:crack cocainetornado
- a sudden sharp noise:crackingsnap
- a long narrow cleft:cleftcrevicefissurescissure
- the act of cracking something:fracturecracking
- a narrow opening:gap
Word family
62 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
7 patterns- cracking cracking
- a crack in
- crack of dawn
- there's a crack
- crack in the
- at the crack
- the crack of