cracked
pronunciation
How to pronounce cracked in British English:
UK [krækt]
How to pronounce cracked in American English:
US [krækt]
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- Adjective:
- used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
- broken without being divided into parts but having fissures appear on the surface
- of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Word Origin
- cracked (adj.)
- mid-15c., past participle adjective from crack (v). Meaning "mentally unsound" is 17c. (compare crack-brain "crazy fellow"). The equivalent Greek word was used in this sense by Aristophanes.
Example
- 1. He also found a cracked toilet in the women 's rest room that spewed smoke .
- 2. And these wineskins that we filled were new , but see how cracked they are .
- 3. They spent 30 minutes on the bottom of the world before surfacing with their glass viewing ports cracked by the pressure .
- 4. This ritual involves pushing the bodies into the tight spaces of the coffins , and often bones are cracked and broken as the process is completed .
- 5. It was becoming clear both to tepco and the government that a dramatic step had to be taken : vent the gas in the reactor before the containment vessel cracked under pressure , according to administration officials .