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How to pronounce crack in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crack cocaine, tornado
Type of cocain, cocaine
Type Words
Synonyms cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
Type of gap, opening
Has types rift, chink, split, vent, slit, shift, break, fatigue crack, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, chap, volcano, crevasse
Type Words
Synonyms fling, go, offer, pass, whirl
Type of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try


he took a crack at it.
Type Words
Synonyms gap
Type of opening
Has types lacuna, spark gap, blank


he opened the window a crack.
Type Words
Synonyms break, check
Type of change
Verb group chink, check


The glass cracked when it was heated.
Type Words
Synonyms break up, collapse, crack up, crock up
Type of have, get, suffer, sustain
Type Words
Synonyms shot
Type of chance, opportunity
Type Words
Synonyms snap
Type of separate, split up, break, come apart, fall apart
Type Words
Synonyms quip, sally, wisecrack
Type of comment, remark, input
Type Words
Synonyms break through
Type of pass


Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county.
Type Words
Synonyms snap
Type of sound, go
Derivation cracker
Type Words
Synonyms a-one, ace, first-rate, super, tiptop, top-notch, topnotch, tops


a crack shot.
Type Words
Synonyms chap, cranny, crevice, fissure
Type of imprint, depression, impression
Type Words
Synonyms cracking, snap
Type of noise


the crack of a whip.
he heard the cracking of the ice.
Type Words
Synonyms cracking, fracture
Type of breakage, break, breaking
Type Words
Type of defect, blemish, mar
Has types craze


there was a crack in the mirror.
Type Words
Type of change
Derivation cracking


The petroleum cracked.
Type Words
Type of break, check
Has types alligator, chap, craze


The glass cracked.
Type Words
Type of modify, alter, change
Has types chink, check, fissure
Verb group break, check


heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair.
Type Words
Type of break in, break
Derivation cracker


she cracked my password.
crack a safe.
Type Words
Type of hit
Derivation cracking


The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler.
Type Words
Type of sound, go
Derivation cracking, cracker


His gun cracked.
Type Words
Type of decompose, break up, break down
Derivation cracking
Type Words
Type of recite, recount, tell, narrate


crack a joke.

Examples of crack

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The officials said a crack pipe and a handgun were recovered from Warren's room.
From the abcnews.go.com
It must be clean and dry before you apply it, or the deck will just crack again.
From the dailyherald.com
Latex caulk does not expand and contract and has a tendency to shrink and crack.
From the post-gazette.com
The crack-of-dawn bus ride and long day of air travel is in the rearview mirror.
From the thenewstribune.com
Using paring knife, cut along lines, being careful not to break or crack handle.
From the stltoday.com
Edwards seems like a viable contender and may be the one to crack the top three.
From the delawareonline.com
That said, he may find Midday too tough a nut to crack round here at this stage.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The poles have a metal insert that has been found to move in the wind and crack.
From the news-journalonline.com
If the core gets too hot, the fuel rods can crack and release radioactive gases.
From the online.wsj.com
More examples
  • A long narrow opening
  • Ace: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"
  • Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
  • Gap: a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
  • Make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"
  • Snap: make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped"
  • Project Prevention (founded and formerly known as or C.R.A.C.K.) is an American non-profit organization which also has a presence in the United Kingdom, which pays drug addicts cash for volunteering for long-term birth control, including sterilization. ...
  • Crack cocaine is the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It may also be termed rock, hard, iron, cavvy, base, or just crack. Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment, Todd Wilk Estroff, M.D., 2001 (306 pages), pp. ...
  • "Craic" (/kru00E6k/ KRAK) or "crack" is a term for news, gossip, fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation, particularly prominent in Ireland. It is often used with the definite article u2013 the craic u2013 as in the expression "What's the craic?" (meaning "How are you?" or "What's happening?")...