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cracking a book

cracking a book is the present participle and gerund of crack a book.

Meaning of crack a book

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To open up one's books, especially in order to study.
    • You had better crack the books if you want to have any chance of graduating this year.

Questions about cracking a book

What is cracking a book the present participle and gerund of?
Cracking a book is the present participle and gerund of crack a book.

Words near cracking a book in the dictionary

  1. crackier
  2. crackies
  3. crackiest
  4. crackiness
  5. cracking
  6. cracking a book
  7. cracking a crust
  8. cracking a fat
  9. cracking a rat
  10. cracking a smile
  11. cracking along

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cracking a book (page history and authors); crack a book (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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