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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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