Crack
noun
A narrow gap on the surface of something.
There's a crack in the wall.
Often appears as...
- crack in the wall
- hairline crack
noun
A sudden loud noise.
I heard a crack of thunder.
Often appears as...
- crack of thunder
- crack of a gunshot
verb
To break something so that it gets lines on its surface.
I accidentally cracked the window.
Often appears as...
- crack a window
- crack an egg
verb
To solve a problem.
He finally cracked the code.
Often appears as...
- crack a joke
- crack a case
noun
An attempt or chance to do something.
I'd like a crack at the championship.
Often appears as...
- have a crack at
- take a crack at
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A strong, addictive drug that is a form of cocaine.
There is a growing problem with crack addiction.
Often appears as...
- crack cocaine
- crack addiction
noun
A narrow gap on the surface of something.
There's a crack in the wall.
Often appears as...
- crack in the wall
- hairline crack
noun
A sudden loud noise.
I heard a crack of thunder.
Often appears as...
- crack of thunder
- crack of a gunshot
verb
To break something so that it gets lines on its surface.
I accidentally cracked the window.
Often appears as...
- crack a window
- crack an egg
verb
To solve a problem.
He finally cracked the code.
Often appears as...
- crack a joke
- crack a case
noun
An attempt or chance to do something.
I'd like a crack at the championship.
Often appears as...
- have a crack at
- take a crack at
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A strong, addictive drug that is a form of cocaine.
There is a growing problem with crack addiction.
Often appears as...
- crack cocaine
- crack addiction
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Gap
Usually refers to small, visible spaces in solid materials.
The plumber spotted a tiny crack in the pipe.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
Can describe divisions in non-physical things, like communities or relationships.
After the argument, there was a crack in their friendship.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Gap
Usually refers to small, visible spaces in solid materials.
The plumber spotted a tiny crack in the pipe.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
Can describe divisions in non-physical things, like communities or relationships.
After the argument, there was a crack in their friendship.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Gap
Usually refers to small, visible spaces in solid materials.
The plumber spotted a tiny crack in the pipe.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
Can describe divisions in non-physical things, like communities or relationships.
After the argument, there was a crack in their friendship.
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How math saved my life PIPE...
I grabbed this guy's leg and I bit him on the inside of the thigh just as hard as I could but he was wearing these big baggy pants and all I got was fabric and I cracked my front teeth and as I was trying to bite him his friend just kept kicking me in the head in the back repeatedly until finally he said give me
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What happens when our...
involves some additional challenge on top of that. The risk is that if somebody figures out how to crack the first challenge without also having cracked the additional challenge of ensuring perfect safety. So I think that we should work out a solution to the control problem in advance,
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How mucus keeps us...
That's why they're known as mucus membranes. Mucus plays lots of roles in your body. It keeps delicate tissues from drying out and cracking, which would expose them to infection. It lubricates your eyes so you can blink. It protects your stomach lining from acid.
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What can Schrödinger's...
of quantum information science, a growing field studying how to use the laws of the strange quantum world in our macroscopic world, like in quantum cryptography, so spies can send secure messages to each other, or quantum computing, for cracking secret codes.
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Where do superstitions...
Whether or not you believe in them, you're probably familiar with a few of these superstitions. So how did it happen that people all over the world knock on wood, or avoid stepping on sidewalk cracks? Well, although they have no basis in science,
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How to write descriptivel...
and the sense of motion. It also plays with our ability to abstract and make complex associations. Look at the following sentence. "The world was ghost-quiet, except for the crack of sails and the burbling of water against hull."
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Can you solve the locker...
The words in the lockers that remain open at the end will help you crack the code for the safe. Before cousin Thaddeus can even start down the line, you step forward and tell the lawyer you know which lockers will remain open.
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Why do your knuckles...
that help clean up any bone or cartilage debris that ends up in the joint. But the reason it's important for knuckle cracking is that, like other fluids in your body, it contains lots of dissolved gas molecules.
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How the Mojave Desert...
It's what's brought me here. To this cracked, eroded landscape. Like Mars, it's dry, barren, and incredibly ornate. The carved canyons, long shadows, deep craters,
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This Crab Can't Swim,...
and they're strong enough to lift the equivalent of ten house bricks being big has allowed them to cultivate some rare talents true to their name they can crack a
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
I grabbed this guy's leg and I bit him on the inside of the thigh just as hard as I could but he was wearing these big baggy pants and all I got was fabric and I cracked my front teeth and as I was trying to bite him his friend just kept kicking me in the head in the back repeatedly until finally he said give me
Video examples
What happens when our...
involves some additional challenge on top of that. The risk is that if somebody figures out how to crack the first challenge without also having cracked the additional challenge of ensuring perfect safety. So I think that we should work out a solution to the control problem in advance,
Video examples
How mucus keeps us...
That's why they're known as mucus membranes. Mucus plays lots of roles in your body. It keeps delicate tissues from drying out and cracking, which would expose them to infection. It lubricates your eyes so you can blink. It protects your stomach lining from acid.
Video examples
What can Schrödinger's...
of quantum information science, a growing field studying how to use the laws of the strange quantum world in our macroscopic world, like in quantum cryptography, so spies can send secure messages to each other, or quantum computing, for cracking secret codes.
Video examples
Where do superstitions...
Whether or not you believe in them, you're probably familiar with a few of these superstitions. So how did it happen that people all over the world knock on wood, or avoid stepping on sidewalk cracks? Well, although they have no basis in science,
Video examples
How to write descriptivel...
and the sense of motion. It also plays with our ability to abstract and make complex associations. Look at the following sentence. "The world was ghost-quiet, except for the crack of sails and the burbling of water against hull."
Video examples
Can you solve the locker...
The words in the lockers that remain open at the end will help you crack the code for the safe. Before cousin Thaddeus can even start down the line, you step forward and tell the lawyer you know which lockers will remain open.
Video examples
Why do your knuckles...
that help clean up any bone or cartilage debris that ends up in the joint. But the reason it's important for knuckle cracking is that, like other fluids in your body, it contains lots of dissolved gas molecules.
Video examples
How the Mojave Desert...
It's what's brought me here. To this cracked, eroded landscape. Like Mars, it's dry, barren, and incredibly ornate. The carved canyons, long shadows, deep craters,
Video examples
This Crab Can't Swim,...
and they're strong enough to lift the equivalent of ten house bricks being big has allowed them to cultivate some rare talents true to their name they can crack a
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Quote examples
Tony Dorsett
American Athlete
I've always been a person afraid of the dark. I was taught that when you have complete darkness, that's when spirits walk. In our house when I was growing up, all the doors were always cracked a little bit at night so you could get light into the room.
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Jay Park
American Musician
I don't really get embarrassed a lot because I feel like life goes on. I mean, I fell on stage one time; like, I tripped one time. My voice cracked... That's pretty embarrassing.
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Paul Westerberg
American Musician
I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard.
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Guy Pearce
English Actor
I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely.
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Ray Comfort
New Zealander Clergyman
It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.
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Norm MacDonald
Canadian Actor
All my life's about is cracking up people and them cracking me up and trying not to think about dying. That doesn't cost very much money.
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Joanna Lumley
English Actress
I'm very good at getting up in the morning - so much of my life has been spent on film sets where we start at the crack of dawn.
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Margaret Stohl
American Author
I always say, 'I'm cracked. My characters are cracked. And you, reader, you're cracked, too.
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George Groves
British Athlete
Motivational talks are something I have been asked to do and i fancy taking a crack at it.
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Chace Crawford
American Actor
Really, I'm pretty laid-back, always cracking jokes.
Quote examples
Tony Dorsett
American Athlete
I've always been a person afraid of the dark. I was taught that when you have complete darkness, that's when spirits walk. In our house when I was growing up, all the doors were always cracked a little bit at night so you could get light into the room.
Quote examples
Jay Park
American Musician
I don't really get embarrassed a lot because I feel like life goes on. I mean, I fell on stage one time; like, I tripped one time. My voice cracked... That's pretty embarrassing.
Quote examples
Paul Westerberg
American Musician
I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard.
Quote examples
Guy Pearce
English Actor
I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely.
Quote examples
Ray Comfort
New Zealander Clergyman
It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.
Quote examples
Norm MacDonald
Canadian Actor
All my life's about is cracking up people and them cracking me up and trying not to think about dying. That doesn't cost very much money.
Quote examples
Joanna Lumley
English Actress
I'm very good at getting up in the morning - so much of my life has been spent on film sets where we start at the crack of dawn.
Quote examples
Margaret Stohl
American Author
I always say, 'I'm cracked. My characters are cracked. And you, reader, you're cracked, too.
Quote examples
George Groves
British Athlete
Motivational talks are something I have been asked to do and i fancy taking a crack at it.
Quote examples
Chace Crawford
American Actor
Really, I'm pretty laid-back, always cracking jokes.
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