Crack may refer to:
- Crack cocaine, a crudely freebased form of cocaine
- Crack, a fracture or discontinuation in a body
- Crack (economics), the value difference between crude oil and oil products or between different oil products, usually expressed as a per-barrel value
- Crack (software), a UNIX/Linux password cracking program for systems administrators
- Software cracking, the modification of software to remove protection methods
- No-CD crack
- Crack (craic), slang for 'fun', 'joke', 'gossip' and other meanings in Ireland and parts of the UK
- Crack, slang for gluteal cleft
- CRACK, an acronym for 'Children Requiring A Caring Kommunity', now called 'Project Prevention'
- Crack Movement, a Mexican literary movement
- The Crack, first album by The Ruts
See also
Crack cocaine or crack is a solid smokable form of Cocaine. It is a freebase form of cocaine that can be made using baking soda ( Sodium bicarbonate A fracture is the (local separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. Crack spread is a term used in the Oil industry and futures trading for the differential between the price of Crude oil and Petroleum products Crack is a Unix Password cracking program designed to allow system administrators to locate users who may have weak Passwords vulnerable to a Software cracking is the modification of Software to remove protection methods Copy prevention, trial/demo version serial number hardware key CD check A No-CD crack is a modified Executable file or a special "byte patcher" program that removes built-in CD check mechanisms allowing the user to run Computer software Crack or craic is " Fun, Enjoyment, abandonment or lighthearted mischief often in the context of drinking or Music " The gluteal cleft, natal cleft or anal cleft is the groove or crack between the Buttocks that runs from just below the Sacrum to the Perineum Project Prevention (founded and formerly known as Children Requiring a Caring Community or C The Crack Movement, or literature of the Crack generation ( Spanish: la generación del 'crack' was a literary movement in Mexico in the mid-1990s formed by The Crack is The Ruts first album released in 1979 and containing the UK hit singles "Babylon's Burning" (No Krak des Chevaliers (kʁak de ʃəval'je transliterated Crac des Chevaliers, is a Crusader fortress in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval military KRAK (910 AM, "Stardust 910" is a commercial Radio station located in Hesperia California, broadcasting to the Victor Valley California KRAK (910 AM, "Stardust 910" is a commercial Radio station located in Hesperia California, broadcasting to the Victor Valley California Crac is a 1981 animated Short film produced written and directed by Frédéric Back.
Dictionary
crack
-noun
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- A narrow opening.
- When forming an opening, a small amount.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- (informal) An opportunity to attempt something.
- (vulgar slang) vagina.
- (vulgar) The space between the buttocks.
- (Scotland, common in lowland Scotland and Ulster) Conviviality; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company.
- (Geordie) Business/events
- (computing) A program, password or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- (Cumbrian, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
- (Ireland, informal) good fun. (See usage note re Scots sense).
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
-verb
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (intransitive) To break apart under pressure.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (intransitive) To yield under interrogation.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
- (transitive) To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.)
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (transitive, chemistry, informal) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive)(informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
-adjective
- Highly trained and competent.
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