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122 words match “CRACK”

CRACK v. 21 definitions
To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
CRACK-BRAINED a.
Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope.
CRACK-LOO; CRACKALOO n.
or towards the ceiling of a room so that they shall fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor. [Gamblers' Cant, U. S.]
CRACKAJACK n. 3 definitions
An individual of marked ability or excellence, esp. in some sport; as, he is a crackajack at tennis. [Slang]
CRACKED a. 2 definitions
Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat.
CRACKER n. 7 definitions
One who, or that which, cracks.
CRACKER STATE n.
Georgia; -- a nickname. See Cracker, n. 5.
CRACKLE v. 4 definitions
To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle. The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden.
CRACKLED a.
Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware.
CRACKLEWARE n.
See Crackle, n., 3.
CRACKLING n. 3 definitions
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated. As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. Eccl. vii. 6.
CRACKNEL n.
A hard brittle cake or biscuit. Spenser.
CRACKSMAN n.
A burglar. [Slang]
FIRECRACKER n.
See Cracker., n., 3.
GIMCRACK n.
A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing. Arbuthnot.
HALF-CRACKED a.
Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]
JIMCRACK n.
See Gimcrack.
NUTCRACKER n. 3 definitions
An instrument for cracking nuts.
WIT-CRACKER n.
One who breaks jests; a joker. [Obs.] Shak.
WOODCRACKER n.
The nuthatch. [Prov. Eng.]
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