Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
2. (v. t.) To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
3. (v. t.) To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.
4. (v. t.) To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.
5. (v. t.) To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up.
6. (v. i.) To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.
7. (v. i.) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
8. (v. i.) To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
9. (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of.
10. (n.) 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.
11. (n.) Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
12. (n.) 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.
13. (n.) The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
14. (n.) Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.
15. (n.) A crazy or crack-brained person.
16. (n.) A boast; boasting.
17. (n.) Breach of chastity.
18. (n.) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
19. (n.) A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.
20. (n.) Free conversation; friendly chat.
21. (a.) of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.
Strong's Hebrew
7107. qatsaph -- to be angry... A primitive root; to
crack off, ie (figuratively) burst out in rage -- (be)
anger(-ry), displease, fret self, (provoke to) wrath (come), be wroth.
... /hebrew/7107.htm - 6k 4454. malaq -- to nip, nip off
... wring off. A primitive root; to crack a joint; by implication, to wring the neck
of a fowl (without separating it) -- wring off. << 4453, 4454. malaq. 4455 >>. ...
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6875. tsori -- (a kind of) balsam
... balm. Or tsoriy {tsor-ee'}; from an unused root meaning to crack (as by pressure),
hence, to leak; distillation, ie Balsam -- balm. << 6874, 6875. ...
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7533. ratsats -- to crush
... A primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively -- break, bruise,
crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together. << 7532, 7533. ratsats. 7534 >> ...
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