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cracky

cracky adjective: having lots of cracks.

Adjective

cracky (comparative crackier, superlative crackiest)

  1. Having lots of cracks.
  2. (slang) crazy, mad
    • I know my idea seems cracky, but it has potential.
  3. (slang) Resembling or characterised by crack cocaine; addicted to crack
    • I don't know if I want to trust her: she looks kinda cracky.
  4. Well maintained and attractive; sharp.
    • In a couple of years down there I’ll make my pile, see if I don’t; and then I’ll come back and settle down and turn this farm to the crackiest place in the whole state.1920, Eugene O'Neill, Beyond the Horizon, Act II, Scene ii, page 111

Noun

cracky (plural crackies)

  1. (US, slang) Democrat.

Forms of cracky

Adjective
comparativecrackier
superlativecrackiest
Noun
pluralcrackies

Origin of cracky

From Middle English craky, equivalent to crack + -y.

Alteration of democrat + -y.

Words formed from cracky

Phrases with cracky

Questions about cracky

What does cracky mean?
Cracky means having lots of cracks.
What part of speech is cracky?
Cracky can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cracky in the dictionary

  1. crackup
  2. crackups
  3. crackwhore
  4. crackwhores
  5. crackwits
  6. cracky
  7. cracky wagon
  8. cracky wagons
  9. Craco
  10. Cracoe
  11. Cracov

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