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crack out

crack out verb: to show signs or symptoms of excessive crack cocaine use.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, slang) To show signs or symptoms of excessive crack cocaine use.
    • Look over there. That kid is cracking out.
  2. (slang, transitive) To intoxicate through the administration of crack cocaine.
  3. (broadly, slang, transitive) To intoxicate, similar to a crack high, through administration of a comparable substance.
    • Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!, Morgan Spurlock.
      "So part of the reason why this is the fastest growing chain is because their cracking us out on MSG"
  4. (UK, slang, transitive) To bring out a tool or method thought to be powerful or effective.
    • Time to crack out your new super-jump ability and finally beat this level.
    Synonyms:
    break out, bust out

Synonyms of crack out

Forms of crack out

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

Questions about crack out

What does crack out mean?
Crack out means to show signs or symptoms of excessive crack cocaine use.
What part of speech is crack out?
Crack out is a verb.
What is the past tense of crack out?
The past tense of crack out is cracked out.

Words near crack out in the dictionary

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

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