English Explanatory Dictionary

cracked

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
  2. Broken into coarse pieces.
  3. Harsh or dissonant.
  4. Extremely skilled at something (usually a video game).
  5. Surprisingly very good in the quality of experience.
  6. Crazy; crackpot.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of crack

Pronunciation

/kɹækt/ En-au-cracked.ogg

Word forms

cracked more cracked most cracked

Etymology

See crack. The origin of the slang sense “skilled (at a game)” is disputed, but may derive from the much older term crack shot (“one who is skilled at shooting”). Compare cracking, crackerjack.

Synonyms

crazed discordant dissonant harsh inharmonious raspy rough 5150 bananas barking barking mad buggish buggy bughouse barmy batchy batpoop bats batty bonkers bread baskets cracked crackers cra-cra cray cray-cray crazy crazy as a bedbug crazy as a cootie crazy as a cootie bug crazy as a pet coon cuckoo daffy daft demented deranged distraught disturbed doolally dotty eccentric fruit loops gaga hatstand harebrained insane kooky loon loco loony loony tunes loopy lunatic mad mental mentally ill meshigener meshugge moonsick nerts

Derived words

cracked as an egg crackedly crackedness cracked out cracked tooth syndrome cracked up cracked wheat half-cracked macrocracked precracked steam-cracked uncracked
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