Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - crack
Crack
crack
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 crack in the wall). b a partial fracture, with the parts still joined (the teacup has a crack in it). c a chink (looked through the crack formed by the door; a crack of light). 4 colloq. a mischievous or malicious remark or aside (a nasty crack about my age). 5 colloq. an attempt (I'll have a crack at it). 6 the exact moment (at the crack of noon; the crack of dawn). 7 colloq. a first-rate player, horse, etc. 8 dial. colloq. conversation; good company; fun (only went there for the crack). 9 sl. a potent hard crystalline form of cocaine broken into small pieces and inhaled or smoked for its stimulating effect. --v. 1 tr. & intr. break without a complete separation of the parts (cracked the window; the cup cracked on hitting the floor). 2 intr. & tr. make or cause to make a sudden sharp or explosive sound. 3 intr. & tr. break or cause to break with a sudden sharp sound. 4 intr. & tr. give way or cause to give way (under torture etc.); yield. 5 intr. (of the voice, esp. of an adolescent boy or a person under strain) become dissonant; break. 6 tr. colloq. find a solution to (a problem, code, etc.). 7 tr. say (a joke etc.) in a jocular way. 8 tr. colloq. hit sharply or hard (cracked her head on the ceiling). 9 tr. Chem. decompose (heavy oils) by heat and pressure with or without a catalyst to produce lighter hydrocarbons (such as petrol). 10 tr. break (wheat) into coarse pieces. --attrib.adj. colloq. excellent; first-rate (a crack regiment; a crack shot). Phrases and idioms crack a bottle open a bottle, esp. of wine, and drink it. crack-brained crazy. crack a crib sl. break into a house. crack-down colloq. severe measures (esp. against law-breakers etc.). crack down on colloq. take severe measures against. crack-jaw colloq. --adj. (of a word) difficult to pronounce. --n. such a word. crack of doom a thunder-peal announcing the Day of Judgement. crack up colloq. 1 collapse under strain. 2 praise. crack-up n. colloq. 1 a mental breakdown. 2 a car crash. crack-willow a species of willow, Salix fragilis, with brittle branches. fair crack of the whip colloq. a fair chance to participate etc. get cracking colloq. begin promptly and vigorously. have a crack at colloq. attempt. Etymology: OE cracian resound
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English crakken, from Old English cracian; akin to Old High German chrahhōn to resound Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to make a very sharp explosive sound , to break, split, or snap apart, fail: as, to lose control or effectiveness under pressure, to fail in tone , to go or travel at good speed, transitive verb 1. to break so that fissures appear on the surface , to break with a sudden sharp sound , to tell especially suddenly or strikingly , to strike with a sharp noise ; rap , 4. a. to open (as a bottle) for drinking, to open (a book) for studying, to puzzle out and expose, solve, or reveal the mystery of , to break into , to open slightly , to break through (as a barrier) so as to gain acceptance or recognition, to show or begin showing (a smile) especially reluctantly or uncharacteristically, 5. to impair seriously or irreparably ; wreck , to destroy the tone of (a voice), disorder, craze, to interrupt sharply or abruptly , to cause to make a sharp noise , 7. a. to subject (hydrocarbons) to ~ing, to produce by ~ing , to break up (chemical compounds) into simpler compounds by means of heat, II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a loud roll or peal , a sudden sharp noise , a sharp witty remark ; quip, 3. a narrow break ; fissure , a narrow opening , 4. a weakness or flaw caused by decay, age, or deficiency ; unsoundness, a broken tone of the voice, ~pot, moment, instant , housebreaking, burglary, a sharp resounding blow , an attempt or opportunity to do something , a potent form of cocaine that is obtained by treating the hydrochloride of cocaine with sodium bicarbonate to create small chips used illicitly for smoking, III. adjective Date: 1793 of superior excellence or ability ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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