crack vs figure

crack

verb
  • To solve a difficult problem. 

  • To change rapidly in register. 

  • To become debilitated by psychological pressure. 

  • To form cracks. 

  • To make a cracking sound. 

  • To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress. 

  • To make a crack or cracks in. 

  • To make a sharply humorous comment. 

  • To open slightly. 

  • To overcome a security system or component. 

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

  • To break apart under force, stress, or pressure. 

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

  • To strike forcefully. 

  • To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. 

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

  • To tell (a joke). 

  • To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture. 

  • To cause to make a sharp sound. 

  • To realize that one is transgender. 

  • To barely reach, attain to (a measurement, extent). 

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

noun
  • An attempt at something. 

  • A sharp, resounding blow. 

  • The tone of voice when changed at puberty. 

  • A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software. 

  • Vagina. 

  • The space between the buttocks. 

  • A narrow opening. 

  • Any sharp sound. 

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

  • A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack. 

  • a meaningful chat. 

  • Something good-tasting or habit-forming. 

  • Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose. 

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

  • The sharp sound made when solid material breaks. 

  • Business; events; news. 

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

adj
  • Highly trained and competent. 

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

figure

verb
  • To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem. 

  • To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. 

  • To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. 

  • To enter into; to be a part of. 

  • To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon. 

  • To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. 

  • To embellish. 

  • To come to understand. 

  • To be reasonable. 

noun
  • A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. 

  • A number, an amount. 

  • A drawing or diagram conveying information. 

  • A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body. 

  • A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment. 

  • The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 

  • A figure of speech. 

  • The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person. 

  • A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. 

  • A numeral. 

  • A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. 

  • Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. 

  • The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. 

  • A shape. 

  • Any complex dance moveᵂ. 

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