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

  • (..) Where you going? Come here! EIvie! I was kidding! I was onIy kidding! I guess sometimes married Iife is not aII it's cracked up to be. -Where you going? -I got a date. You got a date? Come here. -What? -This SeideIbaum thing. (..)
    1983 Scarface