cracked

  • 11cracked up — adj. (colloq.) (cannot stand alone) reputed cracked up to be (this hotel is not what it s cracked up to be) * * * (colloq.) (cannot stand alone) [ reputed ] cracked up to be (this hotel is not what it s cracked up to be) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 12cracked up — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Favorably described or presented; praised. Usually used in the expression not what it s cracked up to be . * /The independent writer s life isn t always everything it s cracked up to be./ * /In bad weather, a sailing… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 13cracked up — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Favorably described or presented; praised. Usually used in the expression not what it s cracked up to be . * /The independent writer s life isn t always everything it s cracked up to be./ * /In bad weather, a sailing… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 14Cracked — Crack Crack (kr[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cracked} (kr[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cracking}.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to rattle, or perh. of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15cracked — adjective Date: 1503 1. a. broken (as by a sharp blow) so that the surface is fissured < cracked china > b. broken into coarse particles < cracked wheat > c. marked by harshness, dissonance, or failure to …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 16cracked\ up — adj. phr. informal Favorably described or presented; praised. Usually used in the expression not what it s cracked up to be . The independent writer s life isn t always everything it s cracked up to be. In bad weather, a sailing cruise isn t what …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 17cracked — damaged damaged (d[a^]m [asl]jd), adj. 1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; usually not used of persons. Opposite of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat up, beaten up, bedraggled, broken down,&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 18cracked — adj. ADVERB ▪ badly, severely ▪ The dish was badly cracked. ▪ slightly Cracked is used with these nouns: ↑bone, ↑china, ↑cup, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 19cracked — adjective 1) a cracked cup Syn: chipped, broken, crazed, fractured, splintered, split; damaged, defective, flawed, imperfect 2) informal you re cracked! See mad 1) …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 20cracked — /krækt / (say krakt) adjective 1. broken. 2. broken without separation of parts; fissured. 3. damaged. 4. Colloquial mentally unsound. 5. broken in tone, as the voice. –phrase 6. be cracked up to be, Colloquial to be reported to be: not the great …