cracked

[krakt]

adjective

1. broken.

   a container full of cracked ice.

2. broken without separation of parts; fissured.

3. damaged; injured.

4. Informal.,  eccentric; mad; daffy.

   a charming person, but a bit cracked.

5. broken in tone, as the voice.

cracked

/ krækt /

adjective

1. damaged by cracking

2. informal,  crazy

Other Word Forms

• uncracked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cracked¹

First recorded in 1400–50, cracked is from the late Middle English word crachyd. See crack, -ed ²

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. cracked up to be, reported or reputed to be (usually used in the negative).

   I hear the play is not what it's cracked up to be.

Example Sentences

Dozens have been killed in clashes after Hamas cracked down on the families across Gaza after the cease-fire with Israel.

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His last two projects, the aforementioned “Currents” and “The Slow Rush,” both cracked the Top 5 on American charts.

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A sprinkle of heavenly magic, and Arj can be taught a valuable lesson—by trading places with Jeff and finding out that wealth isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

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The series explains how “The Clown Killer” got away with so many murders, for so long, while telling the story of the victims, their families and the investigators who cracked this haunting case.

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Several bakers crumbled under the pressure, presenting broken or cracked crusts to the judges.

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