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crack
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?æk/
- Rhymes: -æk
Etymology 1
From Middle English crakken, craken, from Old English cracian (“to resound, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krak?n, from Proto-Germanic *krak?n? (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerh?- (“to resound, cry hoarsely”).
Cognate with Scots crak (“to crack”), West Frisian kreakje (“to crack”), Dutch kraken (“to crunch, creak, squeak”), Low German kraken (“to crack”), German krachen (“to crash, crack, creak”), Lithuanian gìrgžd?ti (“to creak, squeak”), Old Armenian ?????? (karka??), Sanskrit ?????? (gárjati, “to roar, hum”).
Verb
crack (third-person singular simple present cracks, present participle cracking, simple past and past participle cracked)
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.
- (intransitive) To break apart under pressure.
- When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- His voice cracked with emotion.
- (intransitive, 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.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- The ball cracked the window.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- Could you please crack the window?
- (transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
- They managed to crack him on the third day.
- (transitive) To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.)
- I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- to crack a whip
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- I'd love to crack open a beer.
- Let's crack a tube and watch the game.
- 1894, The Strand (volume 8, page 569)
- Old Bouvet was waiting in the passage when I entered, and he asked me whether we might not crack a bottle of wine together.
- (obsolete) To brag, boast.
- (archaic, colloquial) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
- The credit […] of exchequers cracks, when little comes in and much goes out.
Derived terms
Related terms
- crazed (exhibiting fine-line cracks)
Translations
See also
- hack
Noun
crack (countable and uncountable, plural cracks)
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- A narrow opening.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (figuratively, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (figuratively, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch 11:
- Mrs. Perkins, who has not been for some weeks on speaking terms with Mrs. Piper in consequence for an unpleasantness originating in young Perkins' having "fetched" young Piper "a crack," renews her friendly intercourse on this auspicious occasion.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch 11:
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- (vulgar, slang) Vagina.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks; the buttcrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous 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!
- 2001, William F. Gray, The Villain, iUniverse, p. 214:
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- What's this crack about a possible merger.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- (hydrodynamics, US, dated) An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.
- (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.
- a. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act 4, Scene 2
- And let us, Polydore, though now our voices / Have got the mannish crack, sing him to the ground, …
- a. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act 4, Scene 2
- (archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
- (archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.
- (obsolete) A boast; boasting.
- (obsolete) Breach of chastity.
- a. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act 5, Scene 5
- But think her bond of chastity quite crack'd, I having ta'en the forfeit. …
- a. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act 5, Scene 5
- (obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
- (slang, dated, Britain) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
Usage notes
- (Scots language, common in lowland Scotland and Ulster, conviviality): 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
- (vulgar: space between the buttocks): bum crack (UK), arse crack (UK), ass crack (US)
- (cocaine that is heat-altered at the moment of inhalation): crack cocaine
- (A crazy or crack-brained person): crackpot
Coordinate terms
- (phenomenon from underwater explosion): slick
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
1793 slang, of Unknown origin
Adjective
crack (not comparable)
- Highly trained and competent.
- Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
Derived terms
- crack train
- crack troops
Related terms
- crackerjack
Translations
Finnish
Etymology
From English crack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kræk/, [?kræk]
Noun
crack
- crack (variety of cocaine)
Declension
French
Etymology
From English crack.
Noun
crack f (plural cracks)
- crack (expert person)
crack f (uncountable)
- crack (cocaine)
Portuguese
Etymology
From English crack.
Noun
crack m (plural cracks)
- crack (variety of cocaine)
- crack (computer program for bypassing license-related and other restrictions)
Further reading
- “crack” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology 1
From English crack.
Noun
crack m (plural cracks)
- crack (variety of cocaine)
- champion, ace, pro, wizard, dude (outstanding person)
Etymology 2
From English crash influenced by crack and crac.
Noun
crack m (plural cracks)
- Alternative form of crac
Further reading
- “crack” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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rend
English
Etymology
From Middle English renden, from Old English rendan (“to rend, tear, cut, lacerate, cut down”), from Proto-Germanic *hrandijan? (“to tear”), of uncertain origin. Believed by some to be the causative of Proto-Germanic *hrindan? (“to push”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ret-, *kret- (“to hit, beat”), which would make it related to Old English hrindan (“to thrust, push”). Cognate with Scots rent (“to rend, tear”), Old Frisian renda (“to tear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
rend (third-person singular simple present rends, present participle rending, simple past and past participle rent or rended)
- (transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst
- Powder rends a rock in blasting.
- Lightning rends an oak.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak / And peg thee in his knotty entrails till / Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters.
- 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 317:
- We are most vulnerable now to the messages of the new subcults, to the claims and counterclaims that rend the air.
- (transitive) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:12:
- And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:12:
- (intransitive) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
- Relationships may rend if tempers flare.
Derived terms
- berend
- torend
Translations
Noun
rend (plural rends)
- A violent separation of parts.
- 2002, John S. Anderson, A Daughter of Light (page xvi)
- She'd been in a couple of minor car accidents herself, and witnessed a few others, and the rend of metal was unforgettable.
- 2002, John S. Anderson, A Daughter of Light (page xvi)
Anagrams
- NERD, dern, nerd
Albanian
Etymology 1
An early loanword from a South Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *r?d? (“row, line”) with a preserved nasal. Compare Old Church Slavonic ???? (r?d?, “line, order”), Serbo-Croatian red (“row”), Bulgarian ??? (red, “row”), and West Slavic descendant Polish rz?d (“row”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nd/
Noun
rend m (indefinite plural rende, definite singular rendi, definite plural rendet)
- row, order, line
- turn
- class, category
Declension
Synonyms
- radhë
- rresht
Derived terms
- rendit
- renditje
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *renta, from *rena, akin to Gothic ???????????????????????? (rinnan) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”).
Verb
rend (first-person singular past tense renda, participle rendur)
- to run (after), hurry (after)
- Synonym: gjëmoj
References
Danish
Verb
rend
- imperative of rende
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
Verb
rend
- third-person singular present indicative of rendre
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from a Slavic language. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *r?d?. Compare Serbo-Croatian r?d.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r?nd]
- Hyphenation: rend
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
rend (plural rendek)
- order
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- rend in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
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