- To crack on
- Crack 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. Cf. {Crake},
{Cracknel}, {Creak}.]
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1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of
the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
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2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze. [1913 Webster]
O, madam, my old heart is cracked. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
He thought none poets till their brains were cracked. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip. [1913 Webster]
4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
5. To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low] [1913 Webster]
{To crack a bottle}, to open the bottle and drink its contents.
{To crack a crib}, to commit burglary. [Slang]
{To crack on}, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more steam. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
