"crack open" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cracks open",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracking open",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracked open",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracked open",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "crack open (third-person singular simple present cracks open, present participle cracking open, simple past and past participle cracked open)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "80 14 6",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Let's crack open a few beers and get the party started."
        },
        {
          "text": "After Christmas dinner we cracked open a box of chocolates."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To open (a bottle, can, etc. of drink, especially alcoholic drink), especially in order to celebrate; also extended to other packaged items."
      ],
      "id": "en-crack_open-en-verb-BlQWvt5g",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To open (a bottle, can, etc. of drink, especially alcoholic drink), especially in order to celebrate; also extended to other packaged items."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To start reading (a book)."
      ],
      "id": "en-crack_open-en-verb-8FY7XWzb",
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ],
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To start reading (a book)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I cracked open the fossilised rock with a hammer."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see crack, open."
      ],
      "id": "en-crack_open-en-verb-jnTETK4N",
      "links": [
        [
          "crack",
          "crack#English"
        ],
        [
          "open",
          "open#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊpən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crack open"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊpən",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊpən/3 syllables",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cracks open",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracking open",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracked open",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracked open",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "crack open (third-person singular simple present cracks open, present participle cracking open, simple past and past participle cracked open)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Let's crack open a few beers and get the party started."
        },
        {
          "text": "After Christmas dinner we cracked open a box of chocolates."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To open (a bottle, can, etc. of drink, especially alcoholic drink), especially in order to celebrate; also extended to other packaged items."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To open (a bottle, can, etc. of drink, especially alcoholic drink), especially in order to celebrate; also extended to other packaged items."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start reading (a book)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ],
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To start reading (a book)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I cracked open the fossilised rock with a hammer."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see crack, open."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crack",
          "crack#English"
        ],
        [
          "open",
          "open#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊpən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crack open"
}