rft|possible changes to UK and Irish regional slang
English
Pronunciation
IPA|/kræk/
audio|en-us-crack.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|æk
Noun
en-noun
- 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.
- When forming an opening, a small amount.
#: Open the door a crack.
- context|onomatopoetic The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
#: The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
- context|onomatopoetic Any sharp sound.
#: The crack of the bat hitting the ball.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
#: I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
- vulgar The space between the buttocks.
#: Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.
- context|Scots language|common in lowland Scotland and Ulster conviviality; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company.
#: The crack was guid.
#: Thon was guid crack.
#: He/she is quare good crack.
#: The party was great crack.
- context|Geordie Business/events
#:What's the crack?
- computing A program, password or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- context|slang A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
#* w:Whitney Houston|Whitney Houston:
#*: I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack.
- context|Cumbrian|elsewhere throughout the North of the UK a meaningful chat.
- vulgar|slang vagina.
#: I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!
- colloquial An opportunity to attempt something.
#:I'd like to take a crack at that game.
#Ireland colloquial good fun. (See usage note re Scots sense).
#*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!
Usage notes
sense|Scots language|common in lowland Scotland and Ulster|conviviality In the last few decades the word term|crack has been adopted into Gaelic, as there is no "k" in the Irish language the spelling term|craic has been devised.
Synonyms
sense|vulgar|The space between the buttocks qualifier|UK bum crack, qualifier|US ass crack
sense|slang|potent variety of cocaine crack cocaine
Translations
trans-top|A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material
German: t|de|Ritz|m, t|de|Sprung|m, t|de|Riss|m, t|de|Spalte|m
Kurdish: KUchar|درز
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|abertura|f
trans-bottom
trans-top|The sharp sound made when solid material breaks
German: t|de|Knall|m, t|de|Knacks|m, t|de|Krachen|n
Kurdish: KUchar|�رت��
trans-mid
Portuguese: t|pt|estalo|m
Spanish: t-|es|estallido|m
trans-bottom
checktrans
ttbc|Spanish: chasquido m
ttbc|Telugu: ప��ల� (pagulu) (pl ప��ళ�ళ�) (1, 2), ��లి� (cheelika), న�ర�ర� (nerre)
Verb
en-verb
- 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 yield under interrogation.
#: 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.
- context|intransitive|of a voice To change rapidly in register.
#: His voice cracked with emotion.
- context|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.
- computing To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
#: That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
- 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. i|Figurative, from cracking a nut.
#: I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
- transitive To cause to make a sharp sound.
#* 2001: Doug McGuinn?, The Apple Indians
#*: Hershell cracked his knuckles, a nervous habit that drove Inez crazy....
- 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|colloquial To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
#: I'd love to crack open a beer.
- transitive To tell (a joke).
Translations
rfc-trans
ttbc|Spanish: resquebajar
ttbc|Telugu: ప��ల� (pagulu), ��ల� (cheelu), న�ర�ర�లి���� (nerrelicchu)
ttbc|Telugu: ప��ల������ (pagulagoTTu)
Adjective
en-adj|-
- Highly trained and competent.
#: Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
Related terms
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bumcrack
crack a crib
crack baby
crack down
cracked
cracker
cracker-jack
crack kills<!--pl, historic anti-drug phrase in US. +Bart Simpson-->
mid2
crack of dawn
crack on
crack seed
crack up
crack whore
what's the crack
wisecrack
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Category:English ergative verbs
Category:Irish derivations
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