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Click is a synonym of crack.


In lang=en terms the difference between click and crack

is that click is to get on well while crack is to tell (a joke).

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between click and crack

is that click is (obsolete) to snatch while crack is (obsolete) a boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

As nouns the difference between click and crack

is that click is a brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand or click can be or click can be a detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion or click can be (us) while crack is (senseid)a thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

As verbs the difference between click and crack

is that click is to cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click or click can be (obsolete) to snatch or click can be (us) while crack is (senseid)to form cracks.

As an interjection click

is the sound of a click.

As an adjective crack is

highly trained and competent.

click

English

(wikipedia click)

Etymology 1

Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
    • There was a click in the front sitting-room. Mr. Pearce had extinguished the lamp.
  • (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
  • Sound made by a dolphin.
  • The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
  • The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
    • , volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about:

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • [Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs.
  • * Thackeray
    • She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash.
  • * Tennyson
    • when merry milkmaids click the latch
  • (direct and indirect) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
  • To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
  • (advertising) To visit a web site.
    • Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com
  • To emit a click.
    • He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked .
  • To click the left button of a computer mouse while pointing.
    • Click here to go to the next page.
  • To make sense suddenly.
    • Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time.
  • To get on well.
    • When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.
  • (dated) To tick.
  • * Goldsmith
    • The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The sound of a click.
    • Click! The door opened.

    Derived terms

    * click one's fingers * double-click * point-and-click * right-click

    See also

    * ejective * tsk, tsk tsk

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Etymology 3

    Compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
  • (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.

    • Etymology 4

    (etyl) kleken? clichen? Compare clutch.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To snatch.
    • (Halliwell)
    English intransitive verbs English transitive verbs

    Etymology 5

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US)
    • ----

    crack

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) crakken, craken, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (senseid)To form cracks.
    • It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack .
  • To break apart under 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 .
  • To make a cracking sound.
    • The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
  • (of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
    • His voice cracked with emotion.
  • (of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
    • His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
  • To make a sharply humorous comment.
    • "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked .
  • To make a crack or cracks in.
    • The ball cracked the window.
  • To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
    • You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
  • To strike forcefully.
    • She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
  • To open slightly.
    • Could you please crack the window?
  • To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative )
    • They managed to crack him on the third day.
  • To solve a difficult problem.
    • I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
  • To overcome a security system or a component.
    • It took a minute to crack''' the lock, three minutes to '''crack''' the security system, and about twenty minutes to ' crack the safe.
    They finally cracked the code.
  • To cause to make a sharp sound.
    • to crack a whip
  • * 2001 , Doug McGuinn, The Apple Indians
    • Hershell cracked his knuckles, a nervous habit that drove Inez crazy
  • To tell (a joke).
    • The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke.
  • (transitive, chemistry, informal) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
    • Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C.
  • (computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
    • That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
  • (informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
    • I'd love to crack open a beer .
  • (obsolete) To brag, boast.
  • *, II.4.1.v:
    • Cardan cracks that he can cure all diseases with water alone, as Hippocrates of old did most infirmities with one medicine.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack .
  • (archaic, colloquial) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
  • * Dryden
    • The creditof exchequers cracks , when little comes in and much goes out.
    Derived terms
    * bumcrack * crack a crib * crack a fat * crack baby * crack down * cracked * cracker * crack house * crack kills * crack of dawn * crack on * crack seed * crack up * crack whore * fall between the cracks * difficult nut to crack * hard nut to crack * tough nut to crack * what's the crack * wisecrack
    Related terms
    * crazed (exhibiting fine-line cracks)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)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.
    Open the door a crack .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 25 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Blackpool 2 - 3 Man Utd , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Dimitar Berbatov found the first cracks in the home side's resilience when he pulled one back from close range and Hernandez himself drew the visitors level with a composed finish three minutes later as Bloomfield Road's earlier jubilation turned to despair. }}
  • A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
    • I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
  • A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack.
  • (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
    • The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
  • (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
    • The crack of the bat hitting the ball.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=June 28 , author=Piers Newbery , title=Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=She broke to love in the opening game, only for Bartoli to hit straight back in game two, which was interrupted by a huge crack of thunder that made Lisicki jump and prompted nervous laughter from the 15,000 spectators.}}
  • (informal) An attempt at something.
    • I'd like to take a crack at that game.
  • (vulgar, slang) vagina.
    • I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!
  • (vulgar) The space between the buttocks.
    • Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.
  • (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company.
  • * 2001 , William F. Gray, The Villain , iUniverse, p. 214:
    • Being a native of Northumberland, she was enjoying their banter and Geordie good humour. This was what she needed — good company and good crack .
  • * 2004 , Bill Griffiths, Dictionary of North East Dialect , Northumbria University Press (quoting Dunn, 1950)
    • "his a bit o' good crack — interesting to talk to"
  • * 2006 , Patrick McCabe, Winterwood , Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
    • By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!
    The crack was good.
    That was good crack .
    He/she is quare good crack .
    The party was great crack .
  • (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business/events/news
    • What's the crack ?
  • (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
    • Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?
  • (Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
  • (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
  • The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Though now our voices / Have got the mannish crack .
  • (archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
    • He has a crack .
  • (archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.
  • * Addison
    • I can not get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack and a projector.
  • (obsolete) A boast; boasting.
  • * Burton
    • crack and brags
  • * Shakespeare
    • vainglorious cracks
  • (obsolete) Breach of chastity.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
  • * Shakespeare
    • - 'Tis a noble child.
    - A crack , madam.
  • (slang, dated, UK) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
    • I'll be with you in a crack .
    Usage notes
    * In the last few decades the word has been adopted into Gaelic; as there is no "k" in the Irish language the spelling (craic) has been devised.
    Synonyms
    * bum crack (UK), arse crack (UK), ass crack (US) * (cocaine that is heat-altered at the moment of inhalation) crack cocaine

    Etymology 2

    1793 slang, of origin

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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.
    Derived terms
    * crack train * crack troops
    Related terms
    * cracker-jack English ergative verbs ----