crack
41crack — 1 verb 1 BREAK (I, T) to break or make something break so that it gets one or more lines on its surface: Don t put that delicate china in the dishwasher it may crack. | She fell off her bike and cracked a bone in her leg. 2 LOUD SOUND (I, T) to… …
42crack — 1. crack [ krak ] n. m. • 1854; mot angl. « fameux », de to crack « craquer, se vanter » 1 ♦ Poulain préféré, dans une écurie de course. 2 ♦ Fam. C est un crack, un sujet remarquable. ⇒ as, champion. C est un crack en mathématiques. ⊗ HOM. Crac,… …
43crack — crack1 [ kræk ] verb ** ▸ 1 break so line appears ▸ 2 break something open ▸ 3 make short loud noise ▸ 4 hit part of body hard ▸ 5 solve problem/mystery ▸ 6 lose control of yourself ▸ 7 when voice shakes ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to damage… …
44crack — I [[t]kræ̱k[/t]] VERB USES ♦♦♦ cracks, cracking, cracked 1) V ERG If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface. A gas main had cracked under my neighbour s garage and gas had… …
45crack — I UK [kræk] / US verb Word forms crack : present tense I/you/we/they crack he/she/it cracks present participle cracking past tense cracked past participle cracked ** 1) a) [transitive] to damage something so that a line or long narrow hole… …
46crack — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 line on the surface of sth where it has broken ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, huge, large, long, serious (esp. BrE) ▪ short, small …
47crack — /kræk / (say krak) verb (i) 1. to make a sudden, sharp sound in, or as in, breaking; snap, as a whip. 2. to break with a sudden, sharp sound. 3. to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured. 4. (of the voice) to break abruptly… …
48crack — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a a sudden sharp or explosive noise (the crack of a whip; a rifle crack). b (in a voice) a sudden harshness or change in pitch. 2 a sharp blow (a crack on the head). 3 a a narrow opening formed by a break (entered through a… …
49Crack — Crack1 〈[kræ̣k] m. 6〉 1. Spitzensportler od. Spitzenwissenschaftler 2. hervorragendes Rennpferd [engl., u. a. „Elite, erstklassiger Sportler“] Crack2 〈[kræ̣k] n.; s; unz.〉 (vor allem in den USA verbreitetes) kokainhaltiges Rauschmittel, aus… …
50crack — I. verb Etymology: Middle English crakken, from Old English cracian; akin to Old High German chrahhōn to resound Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to make a very sharp explosive sound < the whip cracks through the air > 2. to break,… …
