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Rap is a related term of crack.


As nouns the difference between rap and crack

is that rap is rap, rap music (music style) while crack is (senseid)a thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

As a verb crack is

(senseid)to form cracks.

As an adjective crack is

highly trained and competent.

rap

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rap, rappe, of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(wikipedia rap)
  • (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
    • The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter II,
    • He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap . He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before.
  • (uncountable) Blame (for something).
    • You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap .
  • (informal) A casual talk
  • (uncountable) Rap music.
  • A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
    • Synonyms
    * (blame) fall
    Derived terms
    * beat the rap * bum rap * rap music * rap song * take the rap

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rappen, of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) .

    Verb

    (rapp)
  • To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
  • * 1845 , (Edgar Allan Poe), "":
    • Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, ¶ Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, ¶ While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, ¶ As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. ¶ "'Tis some visitor", I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — ¶ Only this, and nothing more."
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter II,
    • He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped' at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he ' rapped again, a little louder than before.
  • (dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
  • * Prior
    • With one great peal they rap the door.
  • (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
  • (ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
    • ''He started to rap after listening to the Beastie Boys
    He rapped a song to his girlfriend.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.}}
  • (informal) To talk casually.
    • Synonyms
    * (sense, strike something sharply with one's knuckles) knock
    Derived terms
    * rap on * rapper

    See also

    * emcee * hip-hop

    Etymology 3

    Uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
    • (Knight)

    Etymology 4

    Perhaps contracted from rapparee.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps .
  • * Mrs. Alexander
    • Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap , save with her consent.
  • A whit; a jot.
    • I don't care a rap .
    That's not worth a rap .

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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 ----