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How to pronounce “crack”

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Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of crack with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The freakonomics of McDonalds vs. drugsbeing a drug dealer in the height of the crack cocaine epidemic
Definition summary: (intransitive) To form cracks.

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How to pronounce crack

The freakonomics of McDonalds vs. drugs

being a drug dealer in the height of the crack cocaine epidemic

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Meaning

[Verb]
(intransitive) To form cracks.
(intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
(intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
(intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
(intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
(intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
(intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
(transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
(transitive) To strike forcefully.
(transitive) To open slightly.
(transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
(transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
(transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
(transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
(transitive) To tell (a joke).
(transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
(transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
(transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
(obsolete) To brag; to boast.
(archaic, colloquial) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
(colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
(slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
[Noun]
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
A narrow opening.
A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
(slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
A sharp, resounding blow.
(informal) An attempt at something.
(vulgar, slang) The vagina.
(informal) The space between the buttocks.
(Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
(Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
(computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
(hydrodynamics, US, dated) An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.A nuclear explosion in shallow water; the crack is clearly visible on the water's surface.
(Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a chat. 1936, Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post, ch 3. « And when he come down in the evenings, he’d drop in every night to have a crack wi’ Old Bob. »
(Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
(archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
(archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.
(obsolete) A boast; boasting.
(obsolete) Breach of chastity.
(obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
(slang, dated, UK) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
(African-American Vernacular, dated) The act of hitting on someone.
(obsolete, gypsy slang) Dry firewood.
[Adjective]
Highly trained and competent.
Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

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How to pronounce “crack”

Pronunciation guide for crack

How to pronounce crack

Example Sentences

being a drug dealer in the height of the crack cocaine epidemic

crack cocaine--

>>Male #16: When I came up, crack was a quick way for a black man to make a million dollars.

to the drug squad because of the moral panic about crack

It's not just crackheads, and crack dealers, and rappers.

is that you're starting to crack the code of these electrical signals,

was renamed crack berry, now more recently slack berry.

supposed to crack an egg on the surface in which you're cooking

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