Definitions for the word "Crack" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
1 a sharp explosive noise. B sudden harshness or change in vocal pitch. 2 sharp blow. 3 a narrow opening; break or split. B chink. 4 colloq. Joke or malicious remark. 5 colloq. Attempt. 6 slang crystalline form of cocaine broken into small pieces. v. 1 break without separating the parts. 2 make or cause to make a sharp explosive sound. 3 break with a sharp sound. 4 give way or cause to give way (under torture etc.). 5 (of the voice) change pitch sharply; break. 6 colloq. Find the solution to. 7 tell (a joke etc.). 8 colloq. Hit sharply. 9 (as cracked adj.) Crazy. 10 break (wheat) into coarse pieces. attrib. Adj. Colloq. Excellent; first-rate (crack shot). crack a bottle open a bottle, esp. Of wine, and drink it. Crack down on colloq. Take severe measures against. Crack of dawn daybreak. Crack up colloq. 1 collapse under strain. 2 praise. Get cracking colloq. Begin promptly and vigorously. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
the favourite horse in a race. Steeplechase and hunting CRACKS
have been made the subjects of well-known pictures, and “the gallops of
the CRACKS” is a prominent line in the sporting papers.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
3. slang
first-rate, excellent; “a CRACK HAND,” an adept; a “CRACK
article,” a good one. “A CRACK regiment,” a fashionable one.—_Old._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
4. slang
dry firewood.—_Modern Gipsy._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
5. slang
“in a CRACK (of the finger and thumb),” in a moment.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
6. slang
to break into a house; “CRACK A CRIB,” to commit burglary.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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