Unscramble crackings

Definition of cracking

adjective:

• very good; "he did a bully job", "a neat sports car", "had a great time at the party", "you look simply smashing". Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell.

noun:

• a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip", "he heard the cracking of the ice", "he can hear the snap of a twig". Synonyms: crack, snap.
• the act of cracking something. Synonyms: crack, fracture.
• the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process).

verb:

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated". Synonyms: break, check, crack.
• make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked". Synonyms: crack.
• make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped". Synonyms: crack, snap.
• hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler". Synonyms: crack.
• pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county". Synonyms: break through, crack.
• break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked". Synonyms: crack.
• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped". Synonyms: crack, snap.
• gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password", "crack a safe". Synonyms: crack.
• suffer a nervous breakdown. Synonyms: break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up.
• tell spontaneously; "crack a joke". Synonyms: crack.
• cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair". Synonyms: crack.
• reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking. Synonyms: crack.
• break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked". Synonyms: crack.

Related words

alligator, chap, check, chink, crack, craze, fissure, hydrocracking.

Words nearby

crackling, racking, tracking.

Rhymes with

attacking, backing, lacking, packing, racking, sacking, smacking, tacking, tracking, whacking, whacking.