CRACK

Definitions

1. 1. A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.
2. 2. Ropture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense. My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw. Shak.
3. 3. A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip. Will the stretch out to the crack of doom Shak.
4. 4. The tone of voice when changed at puberty. Though now our voices Have got the mannish crack. Shak.
5. 5. Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.
6. 6. A crazy or crack-brained person. [Obs.] I . . . can not get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack and a projector. Addison.
7. 7. A boast; boasting. [Obs.] "Crack and brags." Burton. "Vainglorius cracks." Spenser.
8. 8. Breach of chastity. [Obs.] Shak.
9. 9. A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. [Obs.] Val. 'Tis a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam. Shak.
10. 10. A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack. [Eng. & Scot. Colloq.]
11. 11. Free conversation; friendly chat. [Scot.] What is crack in English . . . Acrack . . . a chat with a good, kindly human heart in it. P. P. Alexander.