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Meaning of crack

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  crack
      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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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