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Webster 1828 Edition
Cracking
CRACKING
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Definition 2024
cracking
cracking
English
Noun
cracking (plural crackings)
- (chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
- The formation of cracks on a surface.
- The production of a crack sound.
- the crackings of whips
Translations
Adjective
cracking
- (colloquial) Great.
- The race started at a cracking pace.
- (colloquial) Enjoyable.
- We had a cracking time.
Translations
Adverb
cracking (not comparable)
Verb
cracking
- present participle of crack