crack

Definition

  • verb: to break (something) so that there are lines in its surface but it is usually not separated into pieces
  • verb: to make a very sharp explosive sound
  • often + 'in'
  • synonyms: distract, craze, snap

Examples

  • Parents are concerned that children who have trouble in school will 'fall through the cracks' in the school system. [=will not be given the help they need; will graduate without anyone noticing that they are unable to do the work]

  • The program is meant to help workers who may have 'slipped through the cracks' [=who may have not been included in other programs] because of their age.

  • You ought to 'get cracking' [='get going; get moving'] on that assignment. [=you should start working on that assignment right away]

Movie quotes

  • (..) Go. - Hey. - Why were you talking to Janis Ian? I don't know, I mean, she's so weird. She just, you know, came up to me and started talking to me about crack. She's so pathetic. Let me tell you something about Janis Ian. We were best friends in middle school. (..)
    2004 Mean Girls
  • (..) This is ass, you guys. It's been a month, and all we've done is make Regina's face smell like a foot. I've been really busy with choir. We gotta crack Gretchen Wieners. We crack Gretchen, and then we crack the lock on Regina's whole dirty history. - Say "crack" again. - Crack. (..)
    2004 Mean Girls