cracking

/ˈkrakɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈkrakɪŋ/

cracking

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

crac - king -> cracking

Myanmar meaning

(n) ရုတ်တရက် စူးရှသောအသံ။ ခွဲခြင်း။ အပူသုံးပြီး ဒြပ်ဝတ္ထုကို ခွဲပစ်ခြင်း။

Full entry

crack /kræk/ v

၁။ အက်သည်။ အက်ကွဲသည်။ The ice cracked as I stepped onto it. ❍ Ominous cracking noises came from the roof. ❍ You can crack this toughened glass, but you can't break it. ❍ She has cracked a bone in her arm. ❍ Her lips were dry and cracked.
၂။ ခွဲသည်။ crack a nut ❍ crack a safe (ie open it to steal from it). ❍ crack an egg open.
၃။ ~ sth (on/against sth) တိုက်မိသည်။ ဆောင့်မိသည်။ I cracked my head on the low ceiling.
၄။ (no passive) ဒိုင်းခနဲ၊ ဖြန်းခနဲ၊ ဖြောက်ခနဲ စသည် မြည်သည်။ The hunter's rifle cracked and the deer fell dead. ❍ crack a whip/ one's knuckles.
၅။ ဆို့နင့်အက်ကွဲသံနှင့် ပြောသည်။ In a voice cracking with emotion, he told us of his son's death.
၆။ (က) တောင့်မခံနိုင်။ Sooner or later he'll crack under questioning. ❍ The old institutions are cracking. (ခ) = CRACK UP
၇။ (infml ) (လျှို့ဝှက်ချက်၊ စကားထာ၊ စကားဝှက် စသည်ကို) ဖော်ထုတ်သည်။ His new computer game was a tricky one, but we finally cracked it. ❍ crack the enemy's code ❍ crack a smuggling ring ❍ The firm has cracked the private car market (ie discovered how to obtain a large share of it).
၈။ (infml ) (အရက်ပုလင်း)ဖောက်သောက်သည်။
၉။ (infml ) (ပြက်လုံး)ထုတ်သည်။ (ဟာသ)လုပ်သည်။ chatting and cracking jokes.
n
၁။ [C] ~ (in sth) (က) အက်ကြောင်း။ အက်ရာ။ dangerous cracks in the ice ❍ a china cup covered in small/ fine cracks ❍ Cracks were beginning to develop/ appear in the walls of the house. ❍ (fig ) The cracks (ie faults) in the Government's economic policy are beginning to show. (ခ) ဟကြောင်း။ ဟနေသောနေရာ။ ပပ် ကြားအက်။ She peeped through a crack in the curtains. ❍ Open the door a crack (ie open it very slightly).
၂။ [C] ဒိုင်းခနဲ၊ ဝုန်းခနဲ၊ ဖြန်းခနဲ စသည် မြည်သံမျိုး။ the crack of a pistol shot ❍ a loud crack of thunder.
၃။ [C] ~ (on sth) (ခွပ်ခနဲ၊ ဒုတ်ခနဲ မြည်သွားအောင်) ထိုးခြင်း၊ ရိုက်ခြင်း။ give sb/ get a crack on the head.
၄။ [C] ~ (about sth) (infml) ပြက်လုံး။ အရွှန်း။ She made a rather mean crack about his fatness.
၅။ [C] ~ at sth/ doing sth (infml ) ကြိုးစားအားထုတ်ခြင်း။ She hopes to have a crack at the world record soon. ❍ Let's have a/ another crack at solving this puzzle.
၆။ [U] ကိုကင်းတစ်မျိုး။ Crack is now widely available in Britain. ❍ a crack addict.
adj အထူးတလည် တော်သော၊ ကျွမ်းကျင်သော။ a crack regiment ❍ He's a crack shot (ie an expert at shooting).
❏ at the crack of dawn [IDM ] (infml ) အရုဏ်တက်။ get up at the crack of dawn.
❏ crack- brained adj (infml ) သွပ်ချောင်ချောင်။ a crack-brained idea/ scheme.
❏ crack down (on sb/ sth) [PHRV ] ထိထိရောက်ရောက် နှိမ်နင်းသည်။ ဖြိုခွင်းသည်။ Police are cracking down on drug dealers. See also CRACK-DOWN
❏ crack-down n ~ (on sb/ sth) ထိရောက်စွာ နှိမ်နင်းခြင်း။ ဖြိုခွင်းခြင်း။ a government crack-down on student demonstrations.
❏ cracked /krækt/ adj
၁။ အက်သော။ a cracked and dirty mug ❍ cracked walls ❍ He suffered broken ribs and a cracked skull. ❍ Her lips were dry and cracked.
၂။ (infml ) ကျပ်မပြည့်သော။ ဦးနှောက်ချောင်သော။ I think he's a bit cracked, don't you?
❏ cracking /'krækÇŋ/ n [U] အက်ကြောင်း။ အက်ရာ။ a lot of discoloration and cracking.
adj (Brit infml ) အကောင်းဆုံး။ cracking bargains ❍ She's in cracking form at the moment. ❍ We set off at a cracking pace (ie very quickly).
adv (infml ) (လေးနက်အောင် good ရှေ့၌ တွဲသုံးသည်။ ) သိပ်၊ အလွန်၊ အရမ်း (ကောင်းသည်)။ a cracking good (ie extremely good) dinner.
❏ crack on (with sth) [PHRV ] (infml ) ကောင်းကောင်း ဆက်လုပ်သည်။ If we keep cracking on (with the painting), we'll be finished by tea-time.
❏ crack up [PHRV ] (infml ) ရူးသည်။ ကြောင်သည်။ ပေါက်သည်။ You'll crack up if you carry on working so hard.
❏ get cracking /weaving [IDM ](infml espBrit ) မြန်မြန်ထက်ထက် လုပ်သည်။ There's a lot to be done, so let's get cracking.
❏ not all/ everything it's/ one's/ they're cracked up to be [IDM ] (infml ) ပြောကြသလောက်လည်း မဟုတ် ပါဘူး။ He's not nearly such a good writer as he's cracked up to be.

More examples

I dropped a plate and cracked it.
She cracked several ribs and broke her arm skiing.
The ice was starting to crack at the edges.
The egg cracked open and a little chick struggled out.
They used a hammer to crack open the coconuts.
Thunder cracked overhead.
Dad fell and cracked his head against the door.
She cracked him over the head with a saucepan.
Detectives believe they are near to cracking the case.
It was a code that seemed impossible to crack.
[crack it] : I’ve been trying all morning to get this to work, and I’ve finally cracked it.
Heston never cracked, even when they tortured him.
[crack under the pressure/strain] : She won the game because her opponent cracked under the pressure.
Residents are working together to crack crime on the estate.
My mate advised me to watch a new American movie, but when I watched, it wasn't all it's cracked up to be.

Synonyms

break, fracture, split, splinter, snap, able, ace, adept, answer, aside, bang, bash, become deranged, become insane, belt, best, blast, blow, blow one's mind, blow up, boom, breach, break down, buffet, bug out, bump, burst, capital, chink, chip, choice, chop, clap, cleave, cleft, clip, clout, collapse, crack up, crackerjack, crackle, cranny, crash, crevasse, crevice, cryptanalyze, cuff, cut, damage, decipher, decode, decrypt, defect, deluxe, detonate, dig, discontinuity, discover meaning, disintegrate, division, elite, excellent, expert, explode, explosion, fathom, fault, figure out, first-class, first-rate, fissure, flaw, fling, flip, funny remark, gag, gap, get answer, gibe, give way, go, go bonkers, go crazy, go to pieces, handpicked, hit, hole, hurt, impair, imperfection, injure, insult, interstice, interval, jape, jest, jibe, joke, lose control, lose it, lose self-control, loud sound, noise, opportunity, pop, pro, proficient, quip, remark, rent, report, return, rift, rima, rimation, rime, ring, rive, rupture, sever, shiver, shot, skilled, skillful, slam, slap, smack, smart remark, smash, solve, splintering, splitting, stab, stroke, succumb, super, superior, talented, thump, thunder, thwack, try, wallop, weakness, whack, wham, whirl, wisecrack, witticism, work out, yield

Antonyms

aid, assist, bad, be calm, closing, closure, combine, compliment, compose, cure, failure, fix, flattery, heal, help, inept, inferior, join, loss, low-class, lower, mend, minor, misunderstand, poor, praise, quiet, unite, unskilled, worst

Cross references

break fracture split splinter snap able ace adept answer aside bang bash become deranged become insane belt best blast blow blow one's mind blow up boom breach break down buffet bug out bump burst capital