| ANTICRACK | • anticrack adj. Preventing cracks in a structure. • anticrack adj. Opposing crack cocaine. • anticrack n. Volumetric collapse caused by compression, leading to localization of compaction or compacting shear bands. |
| CRACKBACK | • crackback n. (American football) A block in which the blocker, positioned wide, blocks back towards where the ball was snapped. • CRACKBACK n. in American football, an illegal block made by an offensive player. |
| CRACKDOWN | • crackdown n. Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement. • crack␣down v. (Idiomatic, often with ’on’) To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before. • CRACKDOWN n. the taking of a firm action. |
| CRACKHEAD | • crackhead n. (Derogatory, slang) A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine. • crackhead n. (Derogatory, slang, US) Someone whose thinking makes no sense; a fool or an idiot. • crack␣head n. Alternative spelling of crackhead. |
| CRACKIEST | • crackiest adj. Superlative form of cracky: most cracky. • CRACKY adj. full of cracks. |
| CRACKINGS | • crackings n. Plural of cracking. • CRACKING n. a chemical process. |
| CRACKJAWS | • CRACKJAW n. a word which is hard to pronounce. |
| CRACKLIER | • cracklier adj. Comparative form of crackly: more crackly. • CRACKLY adj. making a crackling noise. |
| CRACKLING | • crackling n. (Cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens. • crackling n. (Cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork. • crackling n. (Cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork. |
| CRACKNELS | • cracknels n. Plural of cracknel. • CRACKNEL n. a hard, crisp biscuit. |
| CRACKPOTS | • crackpots n. Plural of crackpot. • CRACKPOT n. an eccentric person. |
| CRACKSMAN | • cracksman n. (Archaic, informal) A burglar or safebreaker. • CRACKSMAN n. a safe-breaker. |
| CRACKSMEN | • cracksmen n. Plural of cracksman. • CRACKSMAN n. a safe-breaker. |
| GIMCRACKS | • gimcracks n. Plural of gimcrack. • gimcracks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimcrack. • GIMCRACK n. something cheap and showy, of little use, also JIMCRACK. |
| JIMCRACKS | • jimcracks n. Plural of jimcrack. • JIMCRACK n. something cheap and showy, of little use, also GIMCRACK. |
| SANDCRACK | • sandcrack n. Alternative form of sand crack. • sand␣crack n. A vertical fissure in the wall of a horse’s hoof; a quarter crack. • sand␣crack n. A crack in a moulded brick before burning. |
| UNCRACKED | • uncracked adj. Not cracked (in various senses). • UNCRACKED adj. not cracked. |
| WHIPCRACK | • whipcrack n. The crack of a whip. • WHIPCRACK n. a sound made by a whip. |
| WISECRACK | • wisecrack n. A witty or sarcastic comment or quip. • wisecrack v. To make a sarcastic, flippant, or sardonic comment. • WISECRACK n. a pungent comment. |