Definition of crack

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • crack is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • crack is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
  • crack is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15

Definition of crack


  • a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. crack cocaine
    2. tornado
  • a long narrow opening (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cleft
    2. crevice
    3. fissure
    4. scissure
  • a usually brief attempt (noun)

    Examples

    1. he took a crack at it

    Synonyms

    1. fling
    2. go
    3. offer
    4. pass
    5. whirl
  • a narrow opening (noun)

    Examples

    1. he opened the window a crack

    Synonyms

    1. gap
  • become fractured; break or crack on the surface only (verb)

    Examples

    1. The glass cracked when it was heated

    Synonyms

    1. break
    2. check
  • suffer a nervous breakdown (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. break up
    2. collapse
    3. crack up
    4. crock up
  • a chance to do something (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. shot
  • break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. snap
  • witty remark (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. quip
    2. sally
    3. wisecrack
  • pass through (a barrier) (verb)

    Examples

    1. Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county

    Synonyms

    1. break through
  • make a sharp sound (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. snap
  • of the highest quality (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a crack shot

    Synonyms

    1. a-one
    2. ace
    3. first-rate
    4. super
    5. tiptop
    6. top-notch
    7. topnotch
    8. tops
  • a long narrow depression in a surface (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. chap
    2. cranny
    3. crevice
    4. fissure
  • a sudden sharp noise (noun)

    Examples

    1. the crack of a whip
    2. he heard the cracking of the ice

    Synonyms

    1. cracking
    2. snap
  • the act of cracking something (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cracking
    2. fracture
  • a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts (noun)

    Examples

    1. there was a crack in the mirror
  • break into simpler molecules by means of heat (verb)

    Examples

    1. The petroleum cracked
  • break partially but keep its integrity (verb)

    Examples

    1. The glass cracked
  • cause to become cracked (verb)

    Examples

    1. heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair
  • gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions (verb)

    Examples

    1. she cracked my password
    2. crack a safe
  • hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise (verb)

    Examples

    1. The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler
  • make a very sharp explosive sound (verb)

    Examples

    1. His gun cracked
  • reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking (verb)
  • tell spontaneously (verb)

    Examples

    1. crack a joke

See definition of crack in Merriam Webster