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crack

• (s) 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
  ace, A-one, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops,

Nouns

• (n) a long narrow opening scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure,
• (n) a narrow opening
  • he opened the window a crack
  gap,
• (n) a long narrow depression in a surface cranny, crevice, fissure, chap,
• (n) a sudden sharp noise
  • the crack of a whip
  • he heard the cracking of the ice
  • he can hear the snap of a twig
  cracking, snap,
• (n) a chance to do something
  • he wanted a shot at the champion
  shot,
• (n) witty remark sally, wisecrack, quip,
• (n) a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
  • there was a crack in the mirror
• (n) a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive crack cocaine, tornado,
• (n) a usually brief attempt
  • he took a crack at it
  • I gave it a whirl
  fling, go, offer, whirl, pass,
• (n) the act of cracking something cracking, fracture,

Verbs

• (v) become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
  • The glass cracked when it was heated
  check, break,
• (v) make a very sharp explosive sound
  • His gun cracked
• (v) make a sharp sound
  • his fingers snapped
  snap,
• (v) hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
  • The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler
• (v) pass through (a barrier)
  • Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county
  break through,
• (v) break partially but keep its integrity
  • The glass cracked
• (v) break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
  • The pipe snapped
  snap,
• (v) gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
  • she cracked my password
  • crack a safe
• (v) suffer a nervous breakdown crack up, crock up, collapse, break up,
• (v) tell spontaneously
  • crack a joke
• (v) cause to become cracked
  • heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair
• (v) reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
• (v) break into simpler molecules by means of heat
  • The petroleum cracked

Synonyms

scissure cleft crevice fissure ace A-one first-rate super tiptop topnotch top-notch tops check break gap cranny chap snap cracking shot break through sally wisecrack quip crack cocaine tornado crack up crock up collapse break up fling go offer whirl pass fracture

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