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crack team

crack team noun: a highly skilled, experienced and efficient team.

Noun

crack team (plural crack teams)

  1. A highly skilled, experienced and efficient team.
    • She set the agency's crack team of detectives on the case.
    • The signal for starting was given at eleven o'clock, and horses, oxen, and men appeared equally to enter the scene; here was no false starting, no attempt at jockeying, no underhand endeavours to exclude the crack teams—honest competition and honest rivalry […]1834 October 1, “Surrey Agricultural Association”, in The Standard, number 2306, London, page 3
    Synonyms:
    dream team

Examples of crack team in a sentence

  • He then proceeded to congratulate them on the distinction gained by the splendid victory over the crack team composed of the Commander-in-Chief and his Staff, […]1888 March 19, “India.”, in The Times (Latest Intelligence section), number 32337, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:
  • Pressed by pending U.S. clean-air regulations, a crack team of Honda engineers had been assigned to develop an engine that could satisfy the new law.2013, Paul Ingrassia, Joseph B. White, Comeback: The Fall & Rise of the American Automobile Industry, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

Synonyms of crack team

Forms of crack team

pluralcrack teams

Origin of crack team

From crack (“highly trained and competent”, adjective) + team (“group of people”). First attested in the early 19th century, originally with reference to horse racing.

Questions about crack team

What does crack team mean?
Crack team means a highly skilled, experienced and efficient team.
How do you use crack team in a sentence?
He then proceeded to congratulate them on the distinction gained by the splendid victory over the crack team composed of the Commander-in-Chief and his Staff, […]
What part of speech is crack team?
Crack team is a noun.
What is the plural of crack team?
The plural of crack team is crack teams.

Words near crack team in the dictionary

  1. crack snacker
  2. crack snackers
  3. crack someone's egg
  4. crack spread
  5. crack spreads
  6. crack team
  7. crack teams
  8. crack the egg
  9. crack the flags
  10. crack the whip
  11. crack through

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