cracked

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I stepped on the ice on the stairs going down and my foot cracked through.

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Quick take

used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips"

adjective

of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide

adjective

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cracked.

adjective

used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips"

adjective

of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide

adjective

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"

See also: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy

Example sentences

I stepped on the ice on the stairs going down and my foot cracked through.

There's always a class clown, and he always needs to be cracked down upon for the good of the class.

So let's at least make it clear that it isn't cracked or broken when used in the intended manner.

They had a bunch of problems with it, so one day I got fed up after the millionth disconnect and cracked it open.

I read "cracked iPhone" synonymous with "jailbreaked iPhone".Also, nicely written press release.

That DRM doesnt work; that it exists to protect creators, but since it is easily cracked and can be worked around, it is largely ineffective and irrelevant2.

None of them are put through strict process control during manufacturing to ensure that such mundane things as cracked or "cold" solder joints don't creep into a batch.

The crucial resource needed to repack your wheel bearing balls isn't the steel to make the balls or the dead cow to grease them with; it's the knowledge about which balls are the right size, and which ones are already subtly cracked.

In fact, the article addresses your point directly:Canonical contributed 548 changes in the period studied in today's report and would have cracked the top 30 if the foundation hadn't included "none" and "unknown" in the rankings.