Crack vs. Chip

Crackverb

(intransitive) To form cracks.

Crackverb

(intransitive) To break apart under pressure.

Crackverb

(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

Crackverb

(intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.

Crackverb

(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.

Crackverb

To change rapidly in register.

Crackverb

To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

Crackverb

(intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.

Crackverb

(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.

Crackverb

(transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

Crackverb

(transitive) To strike forcefully.

Crackverb

(transitive) To open slightly.

Crackverb

(transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)

Crackverb

(transitive) To solve a difficult problem. Figurative, from cracking a nut.

Crackverb

(transitive) To overcome a security system or a component.

Crackverb

(transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.

Crackverb

(transitive) To tell (a joke).

Crackverb

To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

Crackverb

To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

Crackverb

To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

Crackverb

(obsolete) To brag, boast.

Crackverb

To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

Cracknoun

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

Cracknoun

A narrow opening.

Cracknoun

A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

Cracknoun

A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

Cracknoun

(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

Cracknoun

(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.

Cracknoun

(informal) An attempt at something.

Cracknoun

Vagina.

Cracknoun

(informal) The space between the buttocks.

Cracknoun

Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.

Cracknoun

Business; events; news.

Cracknoun

(computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

Cracknoun

a meaningful chat.

Cracknoun

(Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

Cracknoun

The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

Cracknoun

(archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.

Cracknoun

(archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.

Cracknoun

(obsolete) A boast; boasting.

Cracknoun

(obsolete) Breach of chastity.

Cracknoun

(obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

Cracknoun

A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.

Crackadjective

Highly trained and competent.

Crackadjective

Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

Crackverb

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

Crackverb

To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.

Crackverb

To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.

Crackverb

To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.

Crackverb

To cry up; to extol; - followed by up.

Crackverb

To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.

Crackverb

To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

Crackverb

To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.

Crackverb

To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; - with of.

Cracknoun

A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.

Cracknoun

Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.

Cracknoun

A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.

Cracknoun

The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

Cracknoun

Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.

Cracknoun

A crazy or crack-brained person.

Cracknoun

A boast; boasting.

Cracknoun

Breach of chastity.

Cracknoun

A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

Cracknoun

A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.

Cracknoun

Free conversation; friendly chat.

Cracknoun

a witty remark; a wisecrack.

Cracknoun

a chance or opportunity to do something; an attempt; as, I'll take a crack at it.

Cracknoun

a form of cocaine, highly purified and prepared as small pellets, especially suitable for smoking; - also called rock. Used in this form it appears to be more addicting than cocaine powder.

Crackadjective

Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of; as, a crack shot.

Cracknoun

a long narrow opening

Cracknoun

a narrow opening;

Cracknoun

a long narrow depression in a surface

Cracknoun

a sudden sharp noise;

Cracknoun

a chance to do something;

Cracknoun

witty remark

Cracknoun

a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts;

Cracknoun

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted

Cracknoun

a usually brief attempt;

Cracknoun

the act of cracking something

Crackverb

become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;

Crackverb

make a very sharp explosive sound;

Crackverb

make a sharp sound;

Crackverb

hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise;

Crackverb

pass through (a barrier);

Crackverb

break partially but keep its integrity;

Crackverb

break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;

Crackverb

suffer a nervous breakdown

Crackverb

tell spontaneously;

Crackverb

cause to become cracked;

Crackverb

reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

Crackverb

break into simpler molecules by means of heat;

Crackadjective

of the highest quality;

Chipnoun

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

Chipnoun

A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

Chipnoun

A token used in place of cash.

Chipnoun

A sovereign the coin.

Chipnoun

(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.

Chipnoun

(electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.

Chipnoun

A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.

Chipnoun

A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable.

Chipnoun

(sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.

Chipnoun

(curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.

Chipnoun

A dried piece of dung used as fuel.

Chipnoun

A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

Chipnoun

(gastronomy) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.

Chipnoun

A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.

Chipnoun

(nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

Chipnoun

(historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

Chipnoun

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

Chipnoun

(golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.

Chipverb

(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.

Chipverb

(transitive) To break small pieces from.

Chipverb

To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards.

Chipverb

In association football, specifically, to play a shot on goal by kicking the ball in an arc, over the goalkeeper's reach. (Such shots are often played in a mostly horizontal direction, particularly when taken from distance). In this usage, the opposing goalkeeper is often the direct object of the verb.

Chipverb

to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.

Chipverb

(intransitive) To become chipped.

Chipverb

To ante (up).

Chipverb

To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

Chipverb

to contribute.

Chipverb

(also, to chip at) to make fun of

Chipverb

To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

Chipverb

To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.

Chipverb

To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.

Chipverb

To break or fly off in small pieces.

Chipnoun

A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.

Chipnoun

A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.

Chipnoun

Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

Chipnoun

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; - used contemptuously.

Chipnoun

One of the counters used in poker and other games.

Chipnoun

The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

Chipnoun

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;

Chipnoun

a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line

Chipnoun

a piece of dried bovine dung

Chipnoun

a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

Chipnoun

a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

Chipnoun

a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling

Chipnoun

electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

Chipnoun

a low running approach shot

Chipnoun

the act of chipping something

Chipverb

break off (a piece from a whole);

Chipverb

cut a nick into

Chipverb

play a chip shot

Chipverb

form by chipping;

Chipverb

break a small piece off from;