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| Source: gcide | Crack \Crack\, v. i.
1. To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without
quite separating into parts.
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By misfortune it cracked in the coling. --Boyle.
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The mirror cracked from side to side. --Tennyson.
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2. To be ruined or impaired; to fail. [Collog.]
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The credit . . . of exchequers cracks, when little
comes in and much goes out. --Dryden.
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3. To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
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As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. --Shak.
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4. To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with
of. [Archaic.]
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Ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack. --Shak.
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| Source: gcide | Crack \Crack\ (kr[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cracked}
(kr[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cracking}.] [OE. cracken,
craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to
crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to
rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. {Crake},
{Cracknel}, {Creak}.]
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1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of
the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
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2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow;
hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
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O, madam, my old heart is cracked. --Shak.
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He thought none poets till their brains were
cracked. --Roscommon.
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3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to
crack a whip.
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4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.
--B. Jonson.
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5. To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low]
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{To crack a bottle}, to open the bottle and drink its
contents.
{To crack a crib}, to commit burglary. [Slang]
{To crack on}, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more
steam. [Colloq.]
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| Source: gcide | Crack \Crack\, n.
1. A partial separation of parts, with or without a
perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach;
a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in
glass.
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2. Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
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My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw.
--Shak.
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3. A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything
suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling
house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.
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Will the stretch out to the crack of doom? --Shak.
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4. The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
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Though now our voices
Have got the mannish crack. --Shak.
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5. Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as,
he has a crack.
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6. A crazy or crack-brained person. [Obs.]
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I . . . can not get the Parliament to listen to me,
who look upon me as a crack and a projector.
--Addison.
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7. A boast; boasting. [Obs.] "Crack and brags." --Burton.
"Vainglorius cracks." --Spenser.
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8. Breach of chastity. [Obs.] --Shak.
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9. A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. [Obs.]
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Val. 'T is a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam.
--Shak.
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10. A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.
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11. Free conversation; friendly chat. [Scot.]
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What is crack in English? . . . A crack is . . . a
chat with a good, kindly human heart in it. --P. P.
Alexander.
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12. a witty remark; a wisecrack.
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13. a chance or opportunity to do something; an attempt; as,
I'll take a crack at it.
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14. a form of cocaine, highly purified and prepared as small
pellets, especially suitable for smoking; -- also called
{rock}. Used in this form it appears to be more addicting
than cocaine powder. [slang]
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| Source: gcide | Crack \Crack\, a.
Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of;
as, a crack shot. [Colloq.]
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One of our crack speakers in the Commons. --Dickens.
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| Source: gcide | Cocaine \Co"ca*ine\, n. (Chem.)
A powerful narcotic alkaloid, {C17H21NO4}, obtained from the
leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance,
and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.
It is classified as addictive and is not available in the U.
S. without a prescription, but is nevertheless one of the
most widespread illegal drugs of abuse. It is used in several
forms, including small pellets of free base, called {crack}.
Most of the cacaine illegally used in the U.S. is imported.
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