crack
To form cracks.
Verb 4 meanings
To form cracks.
“It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.”
To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
“When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.”
To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
“Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.”
To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
“When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.”
Noun 4 meanings
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
“A large crack had formed in the roadway.”
A narrow opening.
“We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.”
The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
“The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.”
Any sharp sound.
“The crack of the bat hitting the ball.”
Adjective 2 meanings
Highly trained and competent.
“Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.”
Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
“She's a crack shot with that rifle.”
Etymology
From Middle English crakken, craken, from Old English cracian (“to resound, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to resound, cry hoarsely”).
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CRACK at a glance
CRACK has 5 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (C 3 + R 1 + A 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,482 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with crack
All rhymes- BACK12
- BLACK13
- ATTACK12
- TRACK11
- LACK10
- JACK17
- PACK12
- FEEDBACK20
- COMEBACK20
- HACK13
- STACK11
- QUARTERBACK28
One letter away
- TRACK11
- CRANK11
- CROCK13
- CRICK13
- CLACK13
- FRACK14
- BRACK13
- WRACK14
- CHACK16
- CRUCK13
- DRACK12
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