crack vs punch

crack

noun
  • A sharp, resounding blow. 

  • An attempt at something. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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 solve a difficult problem. 

  • 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. 

adj
  • Highly trained and competent. 

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

punch

noun
  • A blow from something other than the fist. 

  • A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material. 

  • A hole or opening created with a punch. 

  • Impact. 

  • Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia. 

  • An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. 

  • A prop, as for the roof of a mine. 

  • Power, strength, energy. 

  • A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. 

  • A hit or strike with one's fist. 

  • A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic. 

verb
  • To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something. 

  • To strike with one's fist. 

  • To thrust against; to poke. 

  • To enter (information) on a device or system. 

  • To herd. 

  • To mark a ticket. 

  • To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) 

  • To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means. 

  • In winemaking, to perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation. 

  • To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force. 

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