crack

1. a long narrow opening

synset: crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure

2. a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"

synset: gap, crack

3. a long narrow depression in a surface

synset: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap

4. a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"

synset: crack, cracking, snap

5. a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"

synset: shot, crack

6. witty remark

synset: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip

7. a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror"

synset: crack

8. a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

synset: crack, crack_cocaine, tornado

9. a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

synset: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer

10. the act of cracking something

synset: fracture, crack, cracking

1. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"

synset: crack, check, break

2. make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"

synset: crack

3. make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped"

synset: snap, crack

4. hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"

synset: crack

5. pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

synset: break_through, crack

6. break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"

synset: crack

7. break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped"

synset: snap, crack

8. gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"

synset: crack

9. suffer a nervous breakdown

synset: crack_up, crack, crock_up, break_up, collapse

10. tell spontaneously; "crack a joke"

synset: crack

11. cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"

synset: crack

12. reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

synset: crack

13. break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"

synset: crack

1. 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"

synset: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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