Sounds | krae'k | |
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Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... |
Meaning | Of the highest quality. | |
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Example | "a crack shot" | |
Synonyms | ace, A-one, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops | |
Broader | superior | Of high or superior quality or performance |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Spanish | excelente, gran, grande, magnífico | |
Catalan | excel·lent, gran, magnífic |
Meaning | A long narrow opening. | |
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Synonyms | cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure | |
Narrower | chap | A crack in a lip caused usually by cold |
chink | A narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall | |
crevasse | A deep fissure | |
fatigue crack | A crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue | |
fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | |
rift | A narrow fissure in rock / rock | |
slit | A narrow fissure | |
split | A lengthwise crack in wood | |
vent, volcano | A fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt | |
Broader | opening, gap | An open or empty space in or between things |
Spanish | fisura, grieta, hendidura, quebradura, quebraja, raja, rendija, resquebradura | |
Catalan | clivella, esberla, escletxa, esquerda, fenedura, fissura | |
Verbs | crack | break partially but keep its integrity |
Meaning | A narrow opening. | |
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Example | "he opened the window a crack" | |
Synonym | gap | |
Narrower | lacuna, blank | A blank gap or missing part |
spark gap | The gap / gap between two high-potential terminals | |
Broader | opening | A vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made |
Spanish | Gap, intersticio, resquicio | |
Catalan | escletxa, gap, interstici |
Meaning | A long narrow depression in a surface. | |
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Synonyms | crevice, cranny, fissure, chap | |
Broader | depression, impression, imprint | A concavity in a surface produced by pressing |
Spanish | fisura, grieta, hendedura, quebradura, quebraja, raja, rendija | |
Catalan | clivella, escletxa, esquerda, fissura, trenc |
Meaning | A sudden sharp noise. | |
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Examples |
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Synonyms | cracking, snap | |
Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
Spanish | chasquido, crujido |
Meaning | A chance to do something. | |
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Synonym | shot | |
Broader | opportunity, chance | A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Spanish | intento | |
Catalan | intent |
Meaning | witty remark. | |
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Synonyms | wisecrack, sally, quip | |
Broader | remark, comment, input | A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information |
Spanish | agudeza, broma, chiste, chufleta, comentario burlón, cuchufleta, idea, ocurrencia, pulla, salida | |
Catalan | acudit, agudesa, broma, sortida | |
Verbs | crack | tell spontaneously |
Meaning | A blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts. | |
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Example | "there was a crack in the mirror" | |
Narrower | craze | A fine crack in a glaze or other surface |
Broader | blemish, defect, mar | A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) |
Meaning | A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive. | |
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Synonyms | crack cocaine, tornado | |
Broader | cocaine, cocain | A narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves |
Spanish | crack, piedra | |
Catalan | crack |
Meaning | A usually brief attempt. | |
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Example | "he took a crack at it" | |
Synonyms | fling, go, pass, whirl, offer | |
Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish / accomplish something |
Spanish | conato, disposición, pase, prueba, tentativa, vuelta |
Meaning | The act of cracking something. | |
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Synonyms | fracture, cracking | |
Broader | breakage, break, breaking | The act of breaking something |
Spanish | fractura, quebrantadura, rotura | |
Catalan | esquerda, fractura |
Meaning | Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Model | The glass tubes crack; These glasses crack easily | |
Example | "The glass cracked when it was heated" | |
Synonyms | check, break | |
Narrower | crack | break partially but keep its integrity |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Similar to | check, chink | make cracks or chinks in |
crack | Cause to become cracked | |
Spanish | comprobar, fracturarse, rajarse, resquebrajar, romperse, romper | |
Catalan | esberlar-se, esquerdar-se, esquerdar, esquerdissar, fracturar-se, rompre's, rompre, trencar-se, trencar |
Meaning | make a very sharp explosive sound. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "His gun cracked" | |
Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
Spanish | estallar, restallar, reventar | |
Catalan | cruixir, esclatar, rebentar | |
Nouns | cracker | firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing |
cracking | a sudden sharp noise |
Meaning | make a sharp sound. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | snap | |
Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
Spanish | castañetear, chasquear, crujir, restallar | |
Catalan | carrisquejar, cruixir, esclafir, esclatar, espetegar, fer petar, petar | |
Nouns | cracker | a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops / pops when pulled at both ends |
Meaning | hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
Model | The fighter managed to crack his opponent | |
Example | "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler" | |
Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
Spanish | crujir | |
Catalan | carrisquejar, cruixir, petar | |
Nouns | cracking | the act of cracking something |
Meaning | pass through (a barrier). | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" | |
Synonym | break through | |
Broader | pass | go across or through |
Spanish | atravesar, penetrar, romper, traspasar | |
Catalan | penetrar, travessar, trencar |
Meaning | break partially but keep its integrity. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The glass cracked" | |
Narrower | alligator | crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application |
chap | crack due to dehydration | |
craze | Develop a fine network of cracks | |
Broader | crack, check, break | Become fractured |
Spanish | agrietarse, agrietar, cuartearse, cuartear, resquebrajar | |
Catalan | clivellar, esquerdar-se, esquerdar, esquerdissar, fendre | |
Nouns | crack | a long narrow opening |
Meaning | Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | snap | |
Broader | break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart | Become separated / separated into pieces or fragments |
Spanish | chasquear, estallar, partir | |
Catalan | esclafir, espetegar, partir, petar |
Meaning | Gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Broader | break in, break | Enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act |
Nouns | cracker | a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things |
Meaning | Suffer a nervous breakdown. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | crack up, crock up, break up, collapse | |
Broader | suffer, sustain, have, get | Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) |
Catalan | tenir un col·lapse nerviós |
Meaning | tell spontaneously. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "crack a joke" | |
Broader | tell, narrate, recount, recite | narrate or give a detailed account of |
Nouns | crack | witty remark |
Meaning | Cause to become cracked. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | They crack the glass tubes | |
Example | "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" | |
Narrower | check, chink | make cracks or chinks in |
fissure | break into fissures or fine cracks | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Similar to | crack, check, break | Become fractured |
Meaning | Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
Cause to | crack | break into simpler molecules by means of heat |
Broader | decompose, break up, break down | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts |
Nouns | cracking | the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process) |
Meaning | break into simpler molecules by means of heat. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The petroleum cracked" | |
Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
Caused by | crack | Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Nouns | cracking | the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process) |
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