Crack

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·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.

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