cracking
pronunciation
How to pronounce cracking in British English:
UK [ˈkrækɪŋ]
How to pronounce cracking in American English:
US [ˈkrækɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a sudden sharp noise
- the act of cracking something
- the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
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- Adjective:
- very good
Word Origin
- cracking (adj.)
- "excellent," colloquial from 1830s, from present participle of crack (v.).
Example
- 1. After a long period of close political control in russia , the ice is cracking .
- 2. Still , after seven months , mr. ahmadinejad 's reform plan is starting to show signs of cracking .
- 3. The eye of the storm wasn 't even near us , but our windows in the downtown studio started cracking .
- 4. The moscow river was frozen over last week but listen carefully and you could hear the sound of the ice cracking beneath the surface .
- 5. The tomatoes they were trying to develop not only had to resist cracking . They also had to resist disease .