cracked

[ krakt ]
/ krækt /

adjective

broken: a container full of cracked ice.
broken without separation of parts; fissured.
damaged; injured.
Informal. eccentric; mad; daffy: a charming person, but a bit cracked.
broken in tone, as the voice.

Idioms for cracked

    cracked up to be, Informal. reported or reputed to be (usually used in the negative): I hear the play is not what it's cracked up to be.

Origin of cracked

First recorded in 1400–50, cracked is from the late Middle English word crachyd. See crack, -ed2

OTHER WORDS FROM cracked

un·cracked, adjective

Definition for cracked (2 of 2)

Origin of crack

before 1000; Middle English crak(k)en (v.), crak (noun), Old English cracian to resound; akin to German krachen, Dutch kraken (v.), and German Krach, Dutch krak (noun)

OTHER WORDS FROM crack

crack·a·ble, adjective crack·less, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for cracked

British Dictionary definitions for cracked (1 of 2)

cracked
/ (krækt) /

adjective

damaged by cracking
informal crazy

British Dictionary definitions for cracked (2 of 2)

crack
/ (kræk) /

verb

noun

adjective

(prenominal) slang first-class; excellent a crack shot

Word Origin for crack

Old English cracian; related to Old High German krahhōn, Dutch kraken, Sanskrit gárjati he roars

Idioms and Phrases with cracked

crack