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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of
the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts. |
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To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow;
hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze. |
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To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to
crack a whip. |
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To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. |
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To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. |
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To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without
quite separating into parts. |
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To be ruined or impaired; to fail. |
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To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound. |
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To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with
of. |
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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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Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense. |
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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. |
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The tone of voice when changed at puberty. |
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Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he
has a crack. |
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A crazy or crack-brained person. |
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A boast; boasting. |
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Breach of chastity. |
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A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. |
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A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack. |
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Free conversation; friendly chat. |
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Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of. |
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