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crack

/kˈɹæk/KRAK
/kˈɹæk/KRAK

Meaningmaking a sharp noise

Common meaning: to split with a snapping noise

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KARK‘make a loud noise, laugh’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 59, p. 732 · scan
  2. Old Englishcracian‘to crack’source
  3. Middle Englishcrakensource
  4. Englishcrack‘to split with a snapping noise’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English cracian ‘making a sharp noise’.

Roots

  • cracian Old English “making a sharp noise”

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