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[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) brotna2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) brjóta3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) brotna; smella4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) segja brandara5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) brjóta upp6) (to solve (a code).) ráða, lesa úr7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) brotna niður2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) sprunga2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) rifa3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) smellur4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) högg5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) skens, háð, brandari6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) úrvals-- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
- have a crack
См. также в других словарях:
crack a joke — To utter a joke with some effect • • • Main Entry: ↑crack * * * crack a joke informal phrase to tell a joke He was very relaxed, smiling and cracking jokes. Thesaurus: to tell a joke or jokessynony … Useful english dictionary
crack a joke — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make a joke; tell a joke. * /The men sat around the stove, smoking and cracking jokes./ … Dictionary of American idioms
crack a joke — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make a joke; tell a joke. * /The men sat around the stove, smoking and cracking jokes./ … Dictionary of American idioms
crack a joke — tell a joke, say a funny word or phrase Please be serious. Don t crack jokes or laugh at us … English idioms
crack a joke — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. joke, jest, quip; see joke … English dictionary for students
crack\ a\ joke — v. phr. informal To make a joke; tell a joke. The men sat around the stove, smoking and cracking jokes … Словарь американских идиом
crack a joke — play a joke … English contemporary dictionary
crack a joke — tell a joke He was a lot of fun at the party because he was always cracking jokes … Idioms and examples
crack a joke — informal to tell a joke He was very relaxed, smiling and cracking jokes … English dictionary
Crack (craic) — Crack or craic is fun, enjoyment, abandonment, or lighthearted mischief; often in the context of drinking or music . [Oxford English Dictionary crack (noun) sense I.5.c] This sense of the word crack is found in Irish English, Scottish English,… … Wikipedia
Crack — (kr[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cracked} (kr[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cracking}.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to rattle, or perh. of imitative origin … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
