crack

[kræk] 1. verb

1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) revne

2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) knække

3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) smælde; knalde; knække

4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) fortælle vittigheder

5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) bryde op

6) (to solve (a code).) bryde; løse; tyde

7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) bryde sammen; bukke under

2. noun

1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) revne

2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) på klem

3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) smæld; knald

4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) knald

5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) vittighed

6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol) crack

3. adjective

(expert: a crack racing-driver.) elite-

- cracked

- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
- have a crack

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[kræk] 1. verb

1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) revne

2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) knække

3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) smælde; knalde; knække

4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) fortælle vittigheder

5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) bryde op

6) (to solve (a code).) bryde; løse; tyde

7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) bryde sammen; bukke under

2. noun

1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) revne

2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) på klem

3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) smæld; knald

4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) knald

5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) vittighed

6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol) crack

3. adjective

(expert: a crack racing-driver.) elite-

- cracked

- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
- have a crack