7. A boast; boasting. [Obs.] "Crack and brags." Burton. "Vainglorius cracks." Spenser.
8. Breach of chastity. [Obs.] Shak.
9. A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. [Obs.]
Val. 'T is a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam.
Shak.
10. A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack. [Eng. & Scot. Colloq.]
11. Free conversation; friendly chat. [Scot.]
What is crack in English? . . . A crack is . . . a chat with a good, kindly human heart in it.
P. P. Alexander.
Crack
(Crack), a. Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of. [Colloq.]
One of our crack speakers in the Commons.
Dickens.
Crack-brained
(Crack"-brained`) a. Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope.
Cracked
(Cracked) a.
1. Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat.
2. Crack-brained. [Colloq.]
Cracker
(Crack"er) n.
1. One who, or that which, cracks.
2. A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.]
What cracker is this same that deafs our ears?
Shak.
3. A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding
with a sharp noise; — often called firecracker.
4. A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an
oyster cracker.
5. A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett.
6. (Zoöl.) The pintail duck.
7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight.
Crackle
(Crac"kle) v. i. [Dim. of crack.] To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises,
rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.
The unknown ice that crackles underneath them.
Dryden.
Crackle
(Crac"kle), n.
1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.
The crackle of fireworks.
Carlyle.
