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cracked

/kɹækt/

cracked adjective: broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface. Also the simple past and past participle of crack.

Adjective

cracked (comparative more cracked, superlative most cracked)

  1. Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
    Synonyms:
    crazed
  2. Broken into coarse pieces.
  3. Harsh or dissonant.
  4. Slightly open.
    Synonyms:
    cracked open
  5. Pirated (obtained/downloaded without paying).
  6. (slang) Extremely skilled at something (usually a video game).
    • 20 kills? Dude, you're cracked.
  7. (slang, usually) Surprisingly very good in the quality of experience.
    • This mode is actually cracked.
  8. (slang) Crazy; crackpot.

Also used as

cracked is also the simple past and past participle of crack.

cracked meaning in Kannada and Gujarati

cracked in Kannada

ಬಿರುಕು ಬಿಟ್ಟಿದೆ, ಬಿರುಕು ಬಿಟ್ಟಿತು

cracked in Gujarati

તિરાડ પડી

Examples of cracked in a sentence

  • The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
  • The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.
  • When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.

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Synonyms of cracked

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Forms of cracked

comparativemore cracked
superlativemost cracked

Origin of cracked

See crack. The origin of the slang sense “skilled (at a game)” is disputed, but may derive from the much older term crack shot (“one who is skilled at shooting”). Compare cracking, crackerjack.

Words formed from cracked

Phrases with cracked

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Words that rhyme with cracked

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Questions about cracked

What does cracked mean?
Cracked means broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
What is cracked in Kannada?
Cracked in Kannada is ಬಿರುಕು ಬಿಟ್ಟಿದೆ, ಬಿರುಕು ಬಿಟ್ಟಿತು. See Cracked meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is cracked?
Cracked is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cracked?
Cracked is pronounced /kɹækt/.

Words near cracked in the dictionary

  1. crackbrainedness
  2. crackbrains
  3. crackdown
  4. crackdowns
  5. cracke
  6. cracked
  7. cracked a book
  8. cracked a crust
  9. cracked a fat
  10. cracked a rat
  11. cracked a smile

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cracked (page history and authors); cracked (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cracked (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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