DICTOMETER

CRACKING

1. Synonyms:
   • Crack
   • Cracking
   • Snap
   Definitions:
   • a sudden sharp noise
   Examples:
   • The crack of a whip
   • He heard the cracking of the ice
   • He can hear the snap of a twig
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Fracture
   • Crack
   • Cracking
   Definitions:
   • the act of cracking something
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Cracking
   Definitions:
   • the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Crack
   • Check
   • Break
   Definitions:
   • become fractured
   • break or crack on the surface only
   Examples:
   • The glass cracked when it was heated
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Crack
   Definitions:
   • make a very sharp explosive sound
   Examples:
   • His gun cracked
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Snap
   • Crack
   Definitions:
   • make a sharp sound
   Examples:
   • His fingers snapped
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Crack
   Definitions:
   • hit forcefully
   • deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
   Examples:
   • The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Break through
   • Crack
   Definitions:
   • pass through (a barrier)
   Examples:
   • Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Crack
   Definitions:
   • break partially but keep its integrity
   Examples:
   • The glass cracked
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Snap
   • Crack
   Definitions:
   • break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
   Examples:
   • The pipe snapped
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Crack
   Definitions:
   • gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
   Examples:
   • She cracked my password
   • Crack a safe
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Crack up
   • Crack
   • Crock up
   • Break up
   • Collapse
   Definitions:
   • suffer a nervous breakdown
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Crack
    Definitions:
    • tell spontaneously
    Examples:
    • Crack a joke
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Crack
    Definitions:
    • cause to become cracked
    Examples:
    • Heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Crack
    Definitions:
    • reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Crack
    Definitions:
    • break into simpler molecules by means of heat
    Examples:
    • The petroleum cracked
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Bang-up
   • Bully
   • Corking
   • Cracking
   • Dandy
   • Great
   • Groovy
   • Keen
   • Neat
   • Nifty
   • Not bad
   • Peachy
   • Slap-up
   • Swell
   • Smashing
   Definitions:
   • very good
   Examples:
   • He did a bully job
   • A neat sports car
   • Had a great time at the party
   • You look simply smashing
   Antonyms:
   • Bad