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Words with a similar base: crack, crack_cocaine, crack_up, cracking, wisecrack

'crack'

[crack.n.01] as in: a long narrow opening

'crack'

[gap.n.03] as in: a narrow opening

Examples:
he opened the window a crack

'crack'

[crevice.n.01] as in: a long narrow depression in a surface

'crack'

[crack.n.04] as in: a sudden sharp noise

Examples:
the crack of a whip
he heard the cracking of the ice
he can hear the snap of a twig

'crack'

[shot.n.04] as in: a chance to do something

Examples:
he wanted a shot at the champion

'crack'

[wisecrack.n.01] as in: witty remark

'crack'

[crack.n.07] as in: a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts

Examples:
there was a crack in the mirror

'crack'

[crack.n.08] as in: a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

'crack'

[crack.n.09] as in: a usually brief attempt

Examples:
he took a crack at it
I gave it a whirl

'crack'

[fracture.n.03] as in: the act of cracking something

'crack'

[crack.v.01] as in: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

Examples:
The glass cracked when it was heated

'crack'

[crack.v.02] as in: make a very sharp explosive sound

Examples:
His gun cracked

'crack'

[snap.v.06] as in: make a sharp sound

Examples:
his fingers snapped

'crack'

[crack.v.04] as in: hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise

Examples:
The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler

'crack'

[break_through.v.01] as in: pass through (a barrier)

Examples:
Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county

'crack'

[crack.v.06] as in: break partially but keep its integrity

Examples:
The glass cracked

'crack'

[snap.v.03] as in: break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

Examples:
The pipe snapped

'crack'

[crack.v.08] as in: gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions

Examples:
she cracked my password
crack a safe

'crack'

[crack_up.v.01] as in: suffer a nervous breakdown

'crack'

[crack.v.10] as in: tell spontaneously

Examples:
crack a joke

'crack'

[crack.v.11] as in: cause to become cracked

Examples:
heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair

'crack'

[crack.v.12] as in: reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

'crack'

[crack.v.13] as in: break into simpler molecules by means of heat

Examples:
The petroleum cracked

'crack'

[ace.s.01] as in: of the highest quality

Examples:
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

Origins

					crack (English)
└── crakken (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── cracian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))