crack
n//kɹæk//spricka, springa, bryta ihop, knäckas, spräcka, knäcka
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
A narrow opening.
(slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
(Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
(hydrodynamics, US, dated) An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.A nuclear explosion in shallow water; the crack is clearly visible on the water's surface.
(intransitive) To form cracks.
(intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
(transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
(transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
(transitive) To overcome a security system or component.