chipped English
Adjective
( en adjective)
having a chip (small piece) or chips missing
- a chipped plate
(automotive) (no comparative or superlative ) having had the engine management system upgraded, usually to increase power
Verb
(head)
(chip)
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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 .
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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.
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(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
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