crack

verb · noun · adjectiveA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

cracks

V_ing/Gerund

cracking

V_ed/pp

cracked

1.
(intransitive)To form cracks.
It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.
2.
(intransitive)To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
3.
(intransitive)To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
4.
(intransitive)To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
5.
(intransitive)To make a cracking sound.
The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
6.
(intransitive)(intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
His voice cracked with emotion.
7.
(intransitive)(intransitive, of a person's voice during puberty) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
8.
(intransitive)To make a sharply humorous comment.
"I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.
9.
(intransitive)(intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
She cracked at age 22 and came out to her friends and family over the next few months.
Đồng nghĩa: one's egg cracks
10.
(transitive)To make a crack or cracks in.
The ball cracked the window.
11.
(transitive)To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
12.
(transitive)To strike forcefully.
She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
I cracked myhead on a beam.
Watch your head, don't crack it on that beam.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

cracks

1.
(countable, uncountable)A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
A large crack had formed in the roadway.
Đồng nghĩa: crevice, fissure
2.
(countable, uncountable)A narrow opening.
We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.
Open the door a crack.
3.
(countable, uncountable)A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
4.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
crack head
Đồng nghĩa: base, candy, crack rock, hard, rock, rocks, yay
5.
(countable, onomatopoeic, uncountable)(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
Đồng nghĩa: pop, snap, clack, click, clunk, crack, snap, pop, bang, blam, boom, boom-boom, clap, crack, kaboom, kerboom, pow, report
6.
(countable, onomatopoeic, uncountable)(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
The crack of the bat hitting the ball.
7.
(countable, uncountable)A sharp, resounding blow.
8.
(countable, informal, uncountable)An attempt at something.
I'd like to take a crack at that game.
9.
(countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)The vagina.
Đồng nghĩa: crevice, gash, axe wound, bearded clam, beaver, berk, bonne bouche, box, bun, bush, cavern, clunge, coin slot, cooch, coochie, cookie, cooter, cooze, crack, crevice, cunny, cunt, fanny, fish lips, foo-foo, front bottom, front bum, front hole, gash, ginch, girl, Grand Canyon, honeypot, hoo-ha, innie, juice box, kebab, kitty, la-la, love box, love tunnel, minge, minnie, monosyllable, moocha, muff, muffin, nonny, pee-pee, penis fly trap, pink, pink bits, poontang, pump, punani, pussy, quim, sausage wallet, sheath, slit, snapper, snatch, squish mitten, stench trench, strange, sugar walls, tuppence, trap, twat, twinkle, vadge, vag, vagina, vaginer, va-jay-jay, vertical smile, Vicky, Victoria, Virginia, vulva, wee-wee, whisker biscuit, wizard's sleeve
10.
(countable, informal, uncountable)The space between the buttocks.
Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.
Đồng nghĩa: arse crack, ass crack, buttcrack, bum crack, anal cleft, ass crack, buttcrack, crack, gluteal cleft, intergluteal cleft, natal cleft
11.
(Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, countable, uncountable)Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
The party was great crack.
He's good crack. [It's nice having him around]
"his a bit o' good crack — interesting to talk to"
Đồng nghĩa: bonhomie, craic, jollity, joviality, laugh, warmth
12.
(Cumbria, Northern UK, countable, uncountable)A chat.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Highly trained and competent.
Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
2.
(not comparable)Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
She's a crack shot with that rifle.

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Đồng nghĩa

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English crakken, craken, from Old English cracian (to resound, crack), from *krakōn (to crack, crackle, shriek), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (to resound, cry hoarsely).