"cracky" meaning in English

See cracky in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-cracky.ogg Forms: crackier [comparative], crackiest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English craky, equivalent to crack + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|craky}} Middle English craky, {{suffix|en|crack|y}} crack + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} cracky (comparative crackier, superlative crackiest)
  1. Having lots of cracks. Translations (having lots of cracks): напукан (napukan) (Bulgarian), rissig (German), agrietado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cracky-en-adj-HRA7FTRr Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 33 35 15 Disambiguation of 'having lots of cracks': 94 2 4 1
  2. (slang) crazy, mad Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-cracky-en-adj-u~2OnvzU Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 33 35 15
  3. (slang) Resembling or characterised by crack cocaine; addicted to crack Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-cracky-en-adj-kmjPR86I Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 33 35 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 15 47 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 6 60 13
  4. Well maintained and attractive; sharp.
    Sense id: en-cracky-en-adj-EyxPLoFF Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 33 35 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: crack up, cracked, by cracky
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-cracky.ogg Forms: crackies [plural]
Etymology: Alteration of democrat + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} cracky (plural crackies)
  1. (US, slang) Democrat. Tags: US, slang Derived forms: cracky wagon
    Sense id: en-cracky-en-noun-BASSwdjk Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 34 3 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 7 2 16 4 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 2 32 6 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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