What is the meaning of cracked?

verb

  • Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only.
    • usage: "The glass cracked when it was heated"
  • Make a very sharp explosive sound.
    • usage: "His gun cracked"
  • Make a sharp sound.
    • usage: "his fingers snapped"
  • Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise.
    • usage: "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
  • Pass through (a barrier. )
    • usage: "Registrations cracked through the 30, 000 mark in the county"
  • Break partially but keep its integrity.
    • usage: "The glass cracked"
  • Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension.
    • usage: "The pipe snapped"
  • Gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions.
    • usage: "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"
  • Suffer a nervous breakdown.
  • Tell spontaneously.
    • usage: "crack a joke"
  • Cause to become cracked.
    • usage: "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
  • Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking.
  • Break into simpler molecules by means of heat.
    • usage: "The petroleum cracked"

adjective

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