"voice crack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: voice cracks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} voice crack (plural voice cracks)
  1. (informal) A sudden, unexpected and unintentional change in the pitch of one's voice when speaking or singing, which often affects boys during puberty. Tags: informal Synonyms: voice-crack Translations (Translations): Stimmbruch [masculine] (German), gallo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-voice_crack-en-noun-5umQ9Exi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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