cracking
/ˈkrækɪŋ/
adverb
- Very, extremely (used before an adjective, informal, chiefly British).
- That was a cracking fast race car.
- The soup was cracking hot, so I waited for it to cool down.
- He is a cracking good player on the tennis court.
adjective
- Excellent, very good, or impressive (informal, chiefly British).
- That was a cracking goal in the football match!
- We had a cracking time at the beach yesterday.
- She told a cracking joke that made everyone laugh.
- Making a sharp, snapping sound.
- The cracking sound of the ice warned us to stay off the lake.
- The whip made a loud cracking sound in the air.
- I heard a cracking noise from the tree branch before it fell.
Synonyms
verb
- Present participle of crack; breaking or causing to break without separating into pieces.
- The workers are cracking the old pavement with a jackhammer.
- He is cracking the eggs into the bowl for the cake.
- She is cracking the code to solve the puzzle.
noun
- The process of breaking down large hydrocarbon molecules into smaller ones, especially in oil refining.
- Cracking is an important step in making fuel from crude oil.
- The refinery uses catalytic cracking to produce gasoline.
- Engineers improved the cracking process to get more diesel.
- The act or sound of something that cracks.
- The cracking of the nut was loud in the quiet room.
- We heard the cracking of ice as the ship moved forward.
- The cracking of the old wooden floor kept us awake at night.