The Meaning of crack

• (v. t.) To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
• (v. t.) To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
• (v. t.) To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.
• (v. t.) To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.
• (v. t.) To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up.
• (v. i.) To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.
• (v. i.) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
• (v. i.) To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
• (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of.
• (n.) A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.
• (n.) Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
• (n.) A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.
• (n.) The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
• (n.) Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.
• (n.) A crazy or crack-brained person.
• (n.) A boast; boasting.
• (n.) Breach of chastity.
• (n.) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
• (n.) A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.
• (n.) Free conversation; friendly chat.
• (a.) Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.

Synonyms

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

Homophones

krack , kracke , krak

Rhymes

aback , ack , adak , akc , almanac , amnesiac , anorak , attack , back , backe , backpack , backtrack , bak , bakke , beaulac , biofeedback , black , blackjack , boback , brac , brack , brakke , braque , brumback , bushwhack , buyback , cac , cadillac , cardiac , chirac , clack , claque , cognac , comeback , counterattack , crackerjack , cutback , dac , dack , dak , drawback , dulac , fac , fallback , feedback , flack , flak , flapjack , flashback , fullback , greenback , gunnysack , hack , hacke , hackensack , hackmatack , halfback , haq , hardback , hatchback , haystack , hibaaq , hijack , hoback , horseback , humpback , hunchback , insomniac , jac , jack , jacques , kickback , knack , knapsack , knick-knack , knickknack , kodak , kodiak , krack , kracke , kwak , lac , lack , lak , leaseback , leatherback , lilac , lumberjack , mac , mack , macke , maniac , megalomaniac , merrimack , nacke , netback , nyack , nymphomaniac , outback , pac , pack , pak , paperback , paque , paranoiac , payback , piggyback , plack , placke , plaque , playback , pontiac , post-attack , prickleback , prozac , ptak , pullback , quack , quarterback , racetrack , rack , ransack , razorback , repack , roback , rollback , ryback , sac , sack , sacque , sak , schack , schlack , schnack , schrack , setback , shack , shaq , sidetrack , skipjack , slack , slayback , smack , smokestack , snack , soundtrack , spack , spak , stac , stack , strack , stracke , tac , tack , tarmac , thack , throwback , thwack , trac , track , trak , unpack , vanvlack , wack , wacke , whack , wingback , wisecrack , wrack , yack , yak , zach , zack , zodiac