The difference between Crack and Jest
When used as nouns, crack means a thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material, whereas jest means an act performed for amusement.
When used as verbs, crack means to form cracks, whereas jest means to tell a joke.
Crack is also adjective with the meaning: highly trained and competent.
check bellow for the other definitions of Crack and Jest
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Crack as a verb (intransitive):
To form cracks.
Examples:
"It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack."
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Crack as a verb (intransitive):
To break apart under pressure.
Examples:
"When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked."
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Crack as a verb (intransitive):
To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
Examples:
"Anyone would crack after being hounded like that."
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Crack as a verb (intransitive):
To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
Examples:
"When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked."
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Crack as a verb (intransitive):
To make a cracking sound.
Examples:
"The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six."
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Crack as a verb (intransitive, of a voice):
To change rapidly in register.
Examples:
"His voice cracked with emotion."
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Crack as a verb (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice):
To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
Examples:
"His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen."
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Crack as a verb (intransitive):
To make a sharply humorous comment.
Examples:
"I would too, with a face like that," she cracked."
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Crack as a verb (transitive):
To make a crack or cracks in.
Examples:
"The ball cracked the window."
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Crack as a verb (transitive):
To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
Examples:
"You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut."
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Crack as a verb (transitive):
To strike forcefully.
Examples:
"She cracked him over the head with her handbag."
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Crack as a verb (transitive):
To open slightly.
Examples:
"Could you please crack the window?"
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Crack as a verb (transitive):
To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
Examples:
"They managed to crack him on the third day."
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Crack as a verb (transitive):
To solve a difficult problem.
Examples:
"I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight."
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Crack as a verb (transitive):
To overcome a security system or a component.
Examples:
"It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe."
"They finally cracked the code."
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Crack as a verb (transitive):
To cause to make a sharp sound.
Examples:
"to crack a whip"
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Crack as a verb (transitive):
To tell (a joke).
Examples:
"The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke."
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Crack as a verb (transitive, chemistry, informal):
To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
Examples:
"Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C."
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Crack as a verb (transitive, computing):
To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
Examples:
"That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it."
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Crack as a verb (transitive, informal):
To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
Examples:
"I'd love to crack open a beer."
"Let's crack a [[tube]] and watch the game."
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Crack as a verb (obsolete):
To brag, boast.
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Crack as a verb (archaic, colloquial):
To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
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Crack as a noun:
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
Examples:
"A large crack had formed in the roadway."
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Crack as a noun:
A narrow opening.
Examples:
"We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall."
"Open the door a crack."
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Crack as a noun:
A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
Examples:
"I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle."
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Crack as a noun:
A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
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Crack as a noun (onomatopoeia):
The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
Examples:
"The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles."
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Crack as a noun (onomatopoeia):
Any sharp sound.
Examples:
"The crack of the bat hitting the ball."
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Crack as a noun (informal):
An attempt at something.
Examples:
"I'd like to take a crack at that game."
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Crack as a noun (vulgar, slang):
Vagina.
Examples:
"I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!"
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Crack as a noun (informal):
The space between the buttocks.
Examples:
"Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing."
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Crack as a noun (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland):
Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
Examples:
"The crack was good."
"That was good crack."
"He/she is quare good crack."
"The party was great crack."
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Crack as a noun (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland):
Business; events; news.
Examples:
"What's the crack?"
"What's this crack about a possible merger."
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Crack as a noun (computing):
A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
Examples:
"Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?"
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Crack as a noun (Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK):
a meaningful chat.
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Crack as a noun (Internet slang):
Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
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Crack as a noun:
The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
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Crack as a noun (archaic):
A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
Examples:
"He has a crack."
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Crack as a noun (archaic):
A crazy or crack-brained person.
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Crack as a noun (obsolete):
A boast; boasting.
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Crack as a noun (obsolete):
Breach of chastity.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Crack as a noun (obsolete):
A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
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Crack as a noun (slang, dated, UK):
A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
Examples:
"I'll be with you in a crack."
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Crack as an adjective:
Highly trained and competent.
Examples:
"Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case."
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Crack as an adjective:
Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
Examples:
"She's a crack shot with that rifle."
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Jest as a noun (archaic):
An act performed for amusement; a joke.
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Jest as a noun (archaic):
Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
Examples:
"Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court."
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Jest as a noun (obsolete):
A deed; an action; a gest.
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Jest as a noun (obsolete):
A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
Examples:
"rfquotek Nares"
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Jest as a verb:
To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
Examples:
"Surely you jest!"
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Jest as an adverb (AAVE, Southern US):