cracked

American  

[krakt] / krækt /

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.

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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.

cracked British  

/ krækt /

adjective

1. damaged by cracking

2. informal crazy

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Other Word Forms

• uncracked adjective

Etymology

Origin of cracked

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

Example Sentences

Coating cools while dripping from an arm, smiles askew send mixed signals, smeared eyes like they’d been up late partying with the tarts, blemishes, cracked sugary skin.

From Salon

“Gross!” the boy cried, and they cracked up.

From Literature

Thunder cracked, and lightning streaked across the sky like a celestial tree revealing its branches for a split second.

From Literature

“The slide could sweep down to Spirit Lake, dam it to a high level. Mudflows would sluice down valley … the whole cracked north flank could slide.”

From Literature

Leaving Wimbledon last July, I was more than a little worried that Sinner may have cracked Alcaraz and we were about to go from the “Sincaraz” Era to the era of Sinner Stands Alone.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• broken
• damaged
• fractured