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Look up: Crack

  1. crack
    [n] - a long narrow opening 2. [n] - a sudden sharp noise 3. [n] - a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something 4. [n] - a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted 5. [n] - a usually brief attempt 6. [v] - make a...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Crack
    A longitudinal discontinuity produced by fracture. Cracks may be longitudinal, transverse, edge, crater, centre line, fusion zone underhead, weld metal or parent metal.
    Found on http://www.meg.co.uk/courses/gl.php

  3. Crack
    A fracture type discontinuity characterized by a sharp tip and high ratio of length and width to opening displacement. See also: Fracture Toughness.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  4. crack
    A narrow streak,running parallel with the warp or weft threads,characterized mainly by the existence of marked space between two adjacent threads.Such streaks may be caused by mechanical defects on the loom,such as a loose crank-arm or crank-shaft bearing,banging-off,a bent reed wire,etc. Categor...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Crack
    Crack (krăk) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cracked (krăkt); present participle & verbal noun Cracking .] [ Middle English cracken , craken , to crac...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/179

  6. Crack
    Crack intransitive verb 1. To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts. « By misfortune it cracked in the coling. Boyle. » « The mirror cracked from side to side.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/179

  7. Crack
    Crack noun 1. 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. 2. Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense. �...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/179

  8. Crack
    Crack adjective Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of. [ Colloq.] « One of our crack speakers in the Commons. Dickens. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/179

  9. crack
    A fissure or fracture. Caused by the effects of stress on weak or weakened parts of a material. ... To break a large, complex compound into simpler compounds. ... To open something slightly. ... A narcotic drug illegal in most countries which is a cheaper, more addictive, smokeable version of cocain...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. crack
    cracking noun a sudden sharp noise; `the crack of a whip`; `he heard the cracking of the ice`; `he can hear the snap of a twig`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. crack
    noun a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; `there was a crack in the mirror`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. crack
    cleft noun a long narrow opening
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. crack
    verb tell spontaneously; `crack a joke`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. crack
    verb hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; `The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. crack
    noun a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. crack
    noun a usually brief attempt; `he took a crack at it`; `I gave it a whirl`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. Crack
    • (n.) Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense. • (n.) Breach of chastity. • (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of. • (v. t.) To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. • (n.) Free conversation; friendly chat. • (n.) Mental flaw; a touch of cr...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. crack
    (from the article `cocaine`) ...or smoked in a chemically treated form known as freebase; either of these methods produces a markedly more compulsive use of the drug. In the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/154

  19. Crack
    Crack is slang for to hit someone.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  20. Crack
    Crack is slang for to hit someone.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  21. crack
    Type: Term Pronunciation: krăk Definitions: 1. A fissure. See: crack cocaine
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  22. Crack
    (F fissure, R crapatura) Linear discontinuity produced by fracture (BS 499). Elongated narrow opening. Synonyms can include: break, split, fracture, fissure, separation, cleavage, in various applications
    Found on http://www.angelfire.com/biz/BuildingPat

  23. crack
    • a long narrow opening
    • a narrow opening
    • a long narrow depression in a surface
    • a sudden sharp noise
    • (informal) a chance to do something
    • witty remark
    • a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
    • a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
    • a usually brief attempt

    Found on

  24. crack
    disruption in the material without material loss NOTE - See figure 806-17.
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

  25. Crack
    To beat a hand -- typically a big hand. You hear this most often applied to pocket aces: 'Third time tonight I've had pocket aces cracked.'
    Found on http://www.conjelco.com/pokglossary.html



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