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crack noun

  /kɹæk/
  • A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
 fissure, fente
  • A narrow opening.
 fissure
  • (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
  • (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
 craquement
  • (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
 affaire
  • (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
 ambiance, discussion
  • (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
 crack
  • (Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a chat. 1936, Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post, ch 3. « And when he come down in the evenings, he’d drop in every night to have a crack wi’ Old Bob. »
  • (obsolete) Breach of chastity.
 discussion
  • (archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.
 discussion, fêlé, timbré
  • (slang, dated, UK) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
 instant
  • A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
 plaisanterie, vanne
  • (informal) The space between the buttocks.
 raie

crack verb

  /kɹæk/
  • (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
  • (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
  • (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
  • (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
 craquer
  • (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
  • (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
 casser
  • (transitive) To strike forcefully.
 cogner
  • (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
 craquer, hacker
  • (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
 craquer, lâcher
  • (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
 décapsuler
  • (transitive) To open slightly.
 entrouvrir
  • (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
 lâcher
  • (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
 muer
  • (intransitive) To form cracks.
 se fissurer

crack noun

  /kɹæk/
  • (obsolete) One who excels; the best, especially a winning racehorse.
 crack

cracked

fêlé

cracking noun

  /ˈkɹækɪŋ/
  • (organic chemistry, petrochemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
 craquage

cracked adjective

  /kɹækt/
  • (of a voice) Harsh or dissonant.
 rauque, râpeux, enroué
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