"cracking" meaning in English

See cracking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɹækɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cracking.wav
Rhymes: -ækɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} cracking
  1. That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking.
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  2. (colloquial) Great. Tags: colloquial Translations (great): отличен (otličen) (Bulgarian), чудесен (čudesen) (Bulgarian), huima (Finnish), grym (Swedish), väldig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cracking-en-adj-rRm4zC3r Disambiguation of 'great': 0 100 0
  3. (colloquial) Enjoyable. Tags: colloquial Translations (enjoyable): mahtava (Finnish), fantastisk (Swedish), grym (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cracking-en-adj-sWCRVyKi Disambiguation of 'enjoyable': 0 0 100

Adverb

IPA: /ˈkɹækɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cracking.wav
Rhymes: -ækɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} cracking (not comparable)
  1. (British) Very, usually associated with praise. Tags: British, not-comparable Categories (topical): Chemical reactions
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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹækɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cracking.wav Forms: crackings [plural]
Rhymes: -ækɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} cracking (plural crackings)
  1. (organic chemistry, petrochemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline. Categories (topical): Organic chemistry, Petrochemistry, Energy Translations (thermal decomposition): craqueig [masculine] (Catalan), krakkaus (Finnish), perengkahan (Indonesian), peretakan (Malay), wāwāhitanga (Maori), کراکینگ (kerâking) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-cracking-en-noun-NfMhIUpK Disambiguation of Energy: 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 0 0 11 15 36 0 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 1 1 18 13 28 0 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 1 1 12 13 35 0 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 1 1 17 14 32 0 6 Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, petrochemistry, petrology, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'thermal decomposition': 99 1 0
  2. The formation of cracks on a surface. Translations (formation of cracks): напукване (napukvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), halkeilu (Finnish), agrietamiento (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cracking-en-noun-b44TcxJ6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 0 0 11 15 36 0 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 1 1 18 13 28 0 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 1 1 12 13 35 0 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 1 1 17 14 32 0 6 Disambiguation of 'formation of cracks': 11 85 4
  3. The production of a crack sound. Translations (production of crack sound): плющене (pljuštene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pauke (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-cracking-en-noun-ecb9a~s1 Disambiguation of 'production of crack sound': 2 12 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anticracking, hydrocracking, Isocracking, macrocracking, mud cracking, noncracking, safecracking, steam cracking, thermocracking Related terms: wise-cracking, wit-cracking

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɹækɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cracking.wav
Rhymes: -ækɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cracking
  1. present participle and gerund of crack Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: crack Derived forms: get cracking
    Sense id: en-cracking-en-verb-Wka2-HmH Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 1 1 18 13 28 0 13

Inflected forms

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