| NOUN | event | cracking, crack, snap | a sudden sharp noise |
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| act | cracking, fracture, crack | the act of cracking something | |
| process | 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) | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | cracking, bang-up, bully, corking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old | very good |
| Sounds | krae'kihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Very good. | |
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| Synonyms | bang-up, bully, corking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old | |
| Broader | good | Having desirable / desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | bárbaro, bestial, brutal, chachi, enorme, fenomenal, genial, gran, guay, súper | |
| Catalan | bestial, brutal, enorme, excel·lent, fantàstic, fenomenal, genial, gran, guai, súper | |
| Meaning | A sudden sharp noise. | |
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| Example | "he heard the cracking of the ice" | |
| Synonyms | crack, snap | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | chasquido, crujido | |
| Verbs | crack | make a very sharp explosive sound |
| Meaning | The act of cracking something. | |
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| Synonyms | fracture, crack | |
| Broader | breakage, break, breaking | The act of breaking something |
| Spanish | fractura, quebrantadura, rotura | |
| Catalan | esquerda, fractura | |
| Verbs | crack | hit forcefully |
| Meaning | 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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| Narrower | hydrocracking | The process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst |
| Broader | chemical process, chemical change, chemical action | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
| Verbs | crack | reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking |
| crack | break into simpler molecules by means of heat | |
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