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Hyphenation of crack

How to hyphenate crack

Because it is a word with a single syllable, crack is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

crack
Syllables Count
1
Characters Count
5
Alpha-numeric Characters Count
5
Hyphens Count
0
Haphenation done based on the Knuth-Liang word-division algorithm. The computed hyphenation pattern is: crack

Definitions of crack

crack is defined as:

Definition 1 as noun

  • noun
    A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

    Example: A large crack had formed in the roadway.

  • noun
    A narrow opening.

    Example: Open the door a crack.

  • noun
    A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

    Example: I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.

  • noun
    Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

    Example: crack head

  • noun
    The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

    Example: The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.

  • noun
    Any sharp sound.

    Example: The crack of the bat hitting the ball.

  • noun
    A sharp, resounding blow.
  • noun
    An attempt at something.

    Example: I'd like to take a crack at that game.

  • noun
    Vagina.

    Example: I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!

  • noun
    The space between the buttocks.

    Example: Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.

  • noun
    Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.

    Example: He/she is quare good crack.

  • noun
    Business; events; news.

    Example: What's the crack?

  • noun
    A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

    Example: Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?

  • noun
    (elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
  • noun
    Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
  • noun
    The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
  • noun
    A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.

    Example: He has a crack.

  • noun
    A crazy or crack-brained person.
  • noun
    A boast; boasting.
  • noun
    Breach of chastity.
  • noun
    A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
  • noun
    A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.

    Example: I'll be with you in a crack.

Definition 1 as verb

  • verb
    To form cracks.

    Example: It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.

  • verb
    To break apart under pressure.

    Example: When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.

  • verb
    To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

    Example: Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.

  • verb
    To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.

    Example: When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.

  • verb
    To make a cracking sound.

    Example: The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.

  • verb
    (of a voice) To change rapidly in register.

    Example: His voice cracked with emotion.

  • verb
    (of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

    Example: His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.

  • verb
    To make a sharply humorous comment.

    Example: "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.

  • verb
    To make a crack or cracks in.

    Example: The ball cracked the window.

  • verb
    To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

    Example: You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.

  • verb
    To strike forcefully.

    Example: She cracked him over the head with her handbag.

  • verb
    To open slightly.

    Example: Could you please crack the window?

  • verb
    To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)

    Example: They managed to crack him on the third day.

  • verb
    To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.)

    Example: I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.

  • verb
    To overcome a security system or a component.

    Example: It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe.

  • verb
    To cause to make a sharp sound.

    Example: to crack a whip

  • verb
    To tell (a joke).

    Example: The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke.

  • verb
    To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

    Example: Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C.

  • verb
    To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

    Example: That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.

  • verb
    To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

    Example: I'd love to crack open a beer.

  • verb
    To brag, boast.
  • verb
    To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

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