Crack - Definition

adj 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" [syn: ace, A-one, crack,
first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch,
tops(p)]
n 1: a long narrow opening [syn: crack, cleft, crevice,
fissure, scissure]
2: a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" [syn: gap,
crack]
3: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: 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" [syn:
crack, cracking, snap]
5: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"
[syn: shot, crack]
6: witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip]
7: a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation
of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror"
8: a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather
than snorted; highly addictive [syn: crack, crack
cocaine, tornado]
9: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl,
offer]
10: the act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack,
cracking]
v 1: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The
glass cracked when it was heated" [syn: crack, check,
break]
2: make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"
3: make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" [syn: snap,
crack]
4: hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise;
"The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
5: pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the
30,000 mark in the county" [syn: break through, crack]
6: break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"
7: break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe
snapped" [syn: snap, crack]
8: gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions;
"she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"
9: suffer a nervous breakdown [syn: crack up, crack, crock
up, break up, collapse]
10: tell spontaneously; "crack a joke"
11: cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of
the leather chair"
12: reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
13: break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The
petroleum cracked"