Meaning

28 senses

  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

    I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.

    остро́таostróta

  4. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncommon, uncountable)A flaw, weakness, setback, or insecurity.

  5. (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

  6. (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.

  7. (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

  8. (countable, onomatopoeic, uncountable)Any sharp sound.

    The crack of the bat hitting the ball.

    трескtresk

    a sudden sharp noise

  9. (countable, uncountable)A sharp, resounding blow.

  10. (countable, slang, uncountable)An attempt at something.

    I'd like to take a crack at that game.

    a usually brief attempt

  11. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)The vagina.

    Spalte, Ritze

    щельščelʹ, щёлкаščólka

  12. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)The space between the buttocks.

    Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.

Examples

696 sentences

  1. Tom opened the window a crack.

    Том привідчинив двері. — deniko

    ruТом приоткрыл окно. — marafon

    deTom öffnete das Fenster einen Spaltbreit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. There is a crack in the glass.

    У склі є тріщина. — shanghainese

    ruНа стекле трещина. — tirpitz

    deDas Glas ist gesprungen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom saw a crack in the wall.

    Том побачив тріщину у стіні. — mutternoise

    ruТом увидел трещину в стене. — mutternoise

    deTom sah einen Riss in der Wand. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. The cup has a crack.

    Чашка має тріщину. — deniko

    ruЭта чашка надтреснута. — redscorp

    deDie Tasse hat einen Sprung. — Tamy

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  5. This ice is going to crack.

    deDieses Eis wird bald aufbrechen. — Manfredo

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
thin space opened in a previously solid material:
Русский
By meaning 6
thin space opened in a previously solid material:
narrow opening:
sharply humorous comment:
sharp sound made when solid material breaks:
vulgar: vagina (only terms derived from "crack" and its equivalents):
program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions on software:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
thin space opened in a previously solid material:
sharp sound made when solid material breaks:
vulgar: vagina (only terms derived from "crack" and its equivalents):
program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions on software:

Origin

From Middle English crakken, craken, from Old English cracian (“to resound, crack”), from

From 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: cracks
Singularcrack
Pluralcracks

regular

Synonyms

81 synonyms
fissureC1baseA2candyA1hardA1rockA2popA1snapB2clickB1bangB1boomB1clapB2reportA2laughB1warmthB1
Close in meaning

Word family

55 related words
Derivedab crackanticrackbum crackbutt crackcrackberrycrackbraincrackbrainedcrack ficcrack hammercrack handcrack-hempcrack housecrackiecrack killscracklesscracklikecrackmetercracknecracknesscrack outcrack pairingcrack pipecrackpotcrackproof

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

7 patterns
  • cracking cracking
  • a crack in
  • crack of dawn
  • there's a crack
  • crack in the
  • at the crack
  • the crack of

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coyotecrabB2crabbycrackdowncrackercracking

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