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crack open

crack open verb: to open (a bottle, can, etc. of drink, especially alcoholic drink), especially in order to celebrate; also extended to other packaged items.

Verb

crack open (third-person singular simple present cracks open, present participle cracking open, simple past and past participle cracked open)

  1. (informal) To open (a bottle, can, etc. of drink, especially alcoholic drink), especially in order to celebrate; also extended to other packaged items.
    • crack open a cold one
    • Let's crack open a few beers and get the party started.
  2. (informal) To start reading (a book).
    • You better crack open that algebra textbook if you plan on passing your mid-term exam.
    Synonyms:
    crack a book
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see crack, open.
    • I cracked open the fossilised rock with a hammer.

crack open meaning in Kannada

crack open in Kannada

ಒಟ್ಟೆಬೀಳು, ಬಿರುಕುಬಿಡು, ತೂತುಬೀಳು

Synonyms of crack open

Forms of crack open

third-person singular presentcracks open
present participlecracking open
past participlecracked open
pastcracked open

Words that rhyme with crack open

Questions about crack open

What does crack open mean?
Crack open means to open (a bottle, can, etc. of drink, especially alcoholic drink), especially in order to celebrate; also extended to other packaged items.
What is crack open in Kannada?
Crack open in Kannada is ಒಟ್ಟೆಬೀಳು, ಬಿರುಕುಬಿಡು, ತೂತುಬೀಳು. See Crack open meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is crack open?
Crack open is a verb.
What is the past tense of crack open?
The past tense of crack open is cracked open.

Words near crack open in the dictionary

  1. crack on
  2. crack one
  3. crack one off
  4. crack one's fingers
  5. crack onto
  6. crack open
  7. crack out
  8. crack pairing
  9. crack pairings
  10. crack pipe
  11. crack pipes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crack open (page history and authors); crack open (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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