cracks

noun

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

A narrow opening.

A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

(slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

(figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.

(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.

A sharp, resounding blow.

(informal) An attempt at something.

(vulgar, slang) The vagina.

(informal) The space between the buttocks.

(Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.

(Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.

(Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.

(computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

(Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

A surname

(hydrodynamics, US, dated) An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.

(slang, dated, UK) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.

(African-American Vernacular, dated) The act of hitting on someone.

(archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.

(archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.

(obsolete) A boast; boasting.

(obsolete) Breach of chastity.

(obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

(obsolete, gypsy slang) Dry firewood.

(obsolete) One who excels; the best, especially a winning racehorse.

verb

(intransitive) To form cracks.

(intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.

(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

(intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.

(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.

(intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.

(intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

(intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.

(intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.

(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.

(transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

(transitive) To strike forcefully.

(transitive) To open slightly.

(transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.

(transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.

(transitive) To overcome a security system or component.

(transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.

(transitive) To tell (a joke).

(transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

(transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

(transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

(colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).

(late 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.

(obsolete) To brag; to boast.

(archaic, colloquial) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

adjective

Highly trained and competent.

Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

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