crack (
http://definr.com/crack)
adj : (informal) 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" [syn:
ace,
A-one,
first-rate,
super,
tiptop,
topnotch,
tops(p)]
n 1: a long narrow opening [syn:
cleft,
crevice,
fissure,
scissure]
2: a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" [syn:
gap]
3: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn:
crevice,
cranny,
fissure,
chap]
4: a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the
cracking of the ice" [syn:
cracking]
5: (informal) a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at
the champion" [syn:
shot]
6: witty remark [syn:
wisecrack,
sally,
quip]
7: a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken
off of something [syn:
check,
chip]
8: a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather
than snorted
9: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
a whirl" [syn:
fling,
go,
pass,
whirl,
offer]
10: the act of cracking something [syn:
fracture,
cracking]
v 1: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The
glass cracked when it was heated" [syn:
check,
break]
2: make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"
3: as of tightly stretched ropes or fingers [syn:
snap]
4: hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise:
"The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
5: pass through, as through a barrier; "Registrations cracked
through the 30,000 mark in the county" [syn: {break
through}]
6: break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"
7: break suddenly and abruptly; as of something under tension;
"The rope snapped" [syn:
snap]
8: suffer a nervous breakdown [syn:
crack up,
crock up, {break
up},
collapse]
9: cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of
the leather chair"
10: reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
11: break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The
petroleum cracked"