cracked

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure“chapped lips”Synonyms: chappedroughened
  2. of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hideSynonyms: alligatored
  3. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular“it used to drive my husband balmy”Synonyms: balmybarmybatsbattybonkersbuggycrackersdaftdottyfruityhaywirekookykookielocoloonyloopynutsnuttyround the bendaround the bendwackywhacky
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Crack \Crack\ (kr[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cracked (kr[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cracking.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crake, Cracknel, Creak.] [1913 Webster]

1.To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts. [1913 Webster]

2.To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze. [1913 Webster]

O, madam, my old heart is cracked.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
He thought none poets till their brains were cracked.— Roscommon.[1913 Webster]

3.To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip. [1913 Webster]

4.To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

5.To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low] [1913 Webster]

To crack a bottle, to open the bottle and drink its contents.

To crack a crib, to commit burglary. [Slang]

To crack on, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more steam. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]


Cracked \Cracked\ (kr[a^]kt), a.

1.Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat. [1913 Webster]

2.Crack-brained. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]


damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.

1.changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite of undamaged. [Narrower terms: battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound; bent, crumpled, dented; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed; burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate); burst, ruptured; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed; defaced, marred; hurt, weakened; knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; mangled, mutilated; peeling; scraped, scratched; storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged, destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound. [WordNet 1.5]

2.Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower terms: busted; chipped; cracked; crumbled, fragmented; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured; shattered, smashed, splintered; split; unkept, violated] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured, unsound.

Syn: broken. [WordNet 1.5]

3.being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged reputation.

Syn: discredited. [WordNet 1.5]

4.made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as, the senator's seriously damaged reputation.

Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished. [WordNet 1.5]

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