·noun A boast; boasting.
II. Crack ·noun Breach of chastity.
III. Crack ·noun A crazy or crack-brained person.
IV. Crack ·noun Free conversation; friendly chat.
V. Crack ·noun A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
VI. Crack ·noun Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
VII. Crack ·vi To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
VIII. Crack ·noun The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
IX. Crack ·noun A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.
X. Crack ·vi To be ruined or impaired; to Fail.
XI. Crack ·vt To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.
XII. Crack ·adj Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.
XIII. Crack ·vt To cry up; to Extol;
— followed by up.
XIV. Crack ·noun Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.
XV. Crack ·vi To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.
XVI. Crack ·vt To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to Snap; as, to crack a whip.
XVII. Crack ·vt To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
XVIII. Crack ·vi To utter vain, pompous words; to Brag; to Boast;
— with of.
XIX. Crack ·vt To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to Distract; to Craze.
XX. Crack ·noun 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.
XXI. Crack ·noun 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.