cracked

Definition

  • adjective: having a crack or many cracks
  • adjective: broken (as by a sharp blow) so that the surface is fissured
  • synonyms: crackbrained, broken, fractured

Examples

  • After hours of questioning by the police, the suspect finally 'cracked'. [=finally told the police what they wanted to know]

  • The new restaurant 'is not all it's cracked up to be'. When we went, the service was awful and our food was cold.

  • Is the movie really 'all it's cracked up to be'? = Is it really 'as good as it's cracked up to be'?

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Chet, give Sam Stanley the glad hand. He's come over from Spokane! lt's a pleasure. l've heard a lot about you. Sam's the man who cracked the Whitman case! Congratulations. I heard about that! Chet, your surprise! Her name is Lil! (..)
    1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me