cracks

Noun

crack (countable and uncountable, plural cracks)

1. A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
   • A large crack had formed in the roadway.

   Synonyms:

   crevice, fissure

2. A narrow opening.
   • We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.
3. (figuratively, slang) A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
   • I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
4. (figuratively, slang, uncommon) A flaw, weakness, setback, or insecurity.
   • It’s a fact all those cracks they can hold you back / But there’s a better way (there’s a better way) / Just keep on pushing, keep on pushing, keep on pushing / For a brighter day1978, Shalamar, “Leave It All Up to Love”, in Disco Gardens
5. (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack pipe.
   • crack head

   Synonyms:

   base, candy, crack rock, hard, rock, rocks, yay

6. (broadly, figuratively, humorous, slang) Something pleasurable (good-tasting or appealing) and habit-forming.
   • kitty crack

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