3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crack \Crack\ (kr[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cracked}
(kr[a^]kt); p. pr & vb n. {Cracking}.] [OE. cracken,
craken, to crack, break, boast, AS cracian cearcian to
crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen cf Skr. garj to
rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf {Crake},
{Cracknel}, {Creak}.]
1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of
the parts as to crack glass; to crack nuts.
2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow;
hence to disorder; to distract; to craze.
O, madam, my old heart is cracked. --Shak.
He thought none poets till their brains were
cracked. --Roscommon.
3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as to
crack a whip.
4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as to crack a joke.
--B. Jonson
5. To cry up to extol; -- followed by up [Low]
{To crack a bottle}, to open the bottle and drink its
contents.
{To crack a crib}, to commit burglary. [Slang]
{To crack on}, to put on as to crack on more sail, or more
steam. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cracked \Cracked\ (kr[a^]kt), a.
1. Coarsely ground or broken; as cracked wheat.
2. Crack-brained. [Colloq.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cracked
adj 1: used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure;
"chapped lips" [syn: {chapped}, {roughened}]
2: broken without being divided into parts but having fissures
appear on the surface; "a cracked mirror"
3: of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
[syn: {alligatored}]
4: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular [syn: {balmy},
{barmy}, {bats}, {batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {crackers},
{daft}, {dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire}, {kooky}, {kookie},
{loco}, {loony}, {loopy}, {nuts}, {nutty}, {wacky}]
5: of a ceramic surface; covered with a network of fine cracks
[syn: {crackled}, {crazed}]
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