cracked

English

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”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹækt/

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• Rhymes: -ækt

Adjective

cracked (comparative more cracked, superlative most cracked)

1. Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.

   Synonym: crazed

2. Broken into coarse pieces.
3. (of a voice) Harsh or dissonant.

   Synonyms: discordant, dissonant, harsh, inharmonious, raspy, rough

4. (slang) Extremely good at something (usually a video game).

   20 kills? Dude, you're cracked.

5. (slang) Crazy; crackpot.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insane

Derived terms

• cracked as an egg
• cracked out
• cracked up
• cracked wheat
• half-cracked
• precracked
• steam-cracked

 

Translations

broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface

• Bulgarian: напукан (bg) (napukan)
• Chickasaw: shachakla
• Finnish: halkinainen, murtunut (fi), säröinen (fi)
• Icelandic: brotinn m
• Ingrian: raokas
• Latin: rīmōsus
• Maori: pāwhatiwhati
• Portuguese: rachado (pt) m
• Quechua: sipi

broken into coarse pieces

• Bulgarian: начупен (bg) (načupen)
• Finnish: murtunut (fi)
• Manx: scaant
• Maori: mātoetoe (of a surface)

harsh or dissonant voice

• Bulgarian: дрезгав (bg) (drezgav)
• Finnish: murtunut (fi), säröinen (fi)

crazy; crackpot

• Bulgarian: побъркан (bg) (pobǎrkan)
• Finnish: hullu (fi), sekopäinen (fi)
• Icelandic: klikkaður m
• Latin: vacerrōsus
• Plautdietsch: domm

Verb

cracked

1. simple past and past participle of crack