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Your crack is showing."},{"definition":"Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He/she is quare good crack."},{"definition":"Business; events; news.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"What's the crack?"},{"definition":"A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?"},{"definition":"(elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The tone of voice when changed at puberty.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He has a crack."},{"definition":"A crazy or crack-brained person.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A boast; boasting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Breach of chastity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I'll be with you in a crack."}],"synonyms":["crackpot","crack cocaine","arse","ass","bum"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To form cracks.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack."},{"definition":"To break apart under pressure.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked."},{"definition":"To become debilitated by psychological pressure.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Anyone would crack after being hounded like that."},{"definition":"To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked."},{"definition":"To make a cracking sound.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six."},{"definition":"(of a voice) To change rapidly in register.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His voice cracked with emotion."},{"definition":"(of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen."},{"definition":"To make a sharply humorous comment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"\"I would too, with a face like that,\" she cracked."},{"definition":"To make a crack or cracks in.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The ball cracked the window."},{"definition":"To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut."},{"definition":"To strike forcefully.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She cracked him over the head with her handbag."},{"definition":"To open slightly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Could you please crack the window?"},{"definition":"To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They managed to crack him on the third day."},{"definition":"To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight."},{"definition":"To overcome a security system or a component.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe."},{"definition":"To cause to make a sharp sound.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to crack a whip"},{"definition":"To tell (a joke).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke."},{"definition":"To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C."},{"definition":"To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it."},{"definition":"To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I'd love to crack open a beer."},{"definition":"To brag, boast.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be ruined or impaired; to fail.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crack"]},{"word":"crack","phonetic":"/kɹæk/","phonetics":[{"text":"/kɹæk/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/crack-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=840676","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Highly trained and competent.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case."},{"definition":"Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She's a crack shot with that rifle."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crack"]}]