crack
crack
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/kɚˈÃĻk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "crack"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ āϧāϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž

to break on the surface without falling into separate pieces
Intransitive
to crack definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The heat caused the pavement to crack, requiring repairs to prevent further damage.
āϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒ⧇āĻ­āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāϕ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ, āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž

to cause something to break, split, or fracture, often resulting in the formation of cracks or fissures
Transitive: to crack sth
to crack definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The heavy object falling onto the windshield cracked it.
āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to produce a sharp or explosive noise
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The whip cracked loudly as the cowboy urged his horse forward.
āĻ•āĻžāωāĻŦāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻŦ⧁āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž

to bypass or overcome a security system or barrier
Transitive: to crack a security system or barrier
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hackers attempted to crack the company's firewall to gain access to sensitive customer data.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰāϰāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ• āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻž āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to strike or hit someone or something with force
Transitive: to crack sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bully cracked the door with his fist, causing it to splinter.
āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ, āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž

to break due to the application of force, stress, or pressure
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He kicked the door with such force that it cracked down the middle.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāϤ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to break down complex organic molecules into simpler compounds
Transitive: to crack organic molecules
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To extract valuable chemicals, biomass is cracked into sugars, lignin, and other components.
āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϏ āϚāĻŋāύāĻŋ, āϞāĻŋāĻ—āύāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ⧇ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
08

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢāĻžāρāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reveal or disclose something suddenly or impulsively
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She could n't keep the exciting news to herself any longer and cracked during lunch.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ–āĻŦāϰāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĢāĻžāρāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
09

āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž

to become overwhelmed by intense psychological pressure
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The high-pressure environment at work caused her to crack, leading to frequent emotional outbursts.
āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āϘāύ āϘāύ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‹āϰāĻŖ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤
10

āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to illegally access a computer system with harmful intent
Transitive: to crack a computer system
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Cybercriminals use sophisticated tools to crack passwords and gain unauthorized access to online accounts.
āϏāĻžāχāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧀āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϏāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞāĻŋāϤ āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ, āϚāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ

a narrow opening or split, often caused by damage or pressure
crack definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Light shone through a crack in the door.
āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāϞ⧋ āĻāϞāĻŽāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ

a sudden sharp noise
03

āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ, āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋

the act of cracking something
04

āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž

a usually brief attempt
05

āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•, āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ

a form of cocaine processed into small, hard rocks that can be smoked
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Some users prefer crack because it can be smoked for a faster high.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻšāĻžāχ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧ⧂āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
06

āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ, āϚāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ

a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
07

āĻŽāϜāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ, āϰāϏāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž

witty remark
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ—, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž

a chance to do something
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āĻ…āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ, āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ

exceptionally skilled, excellent, or proficient
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He's a crack negotiator, always getting the best deals for his clients.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āφāϞ⧋āϚāĻ•, āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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