cracking
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cracking (plural crackings)
- (organic chemistry, petrochemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
- The formation of cracks on a surface.
- The production of a crack sound.
- the crackings of whips
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thermal decomposition
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formation of cracks
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Adjective edit
cracking
- That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- From the spot where the body lay came a fierce fizzing and cracking sound, which ceased, however, before the fumes had cleared away.
- (colloquial) Great.
- The race started at a cracking pace.
- (colloquial) Enjoyable.
- We had a cracking time.
- 2020 December 30, Richard Clinnick, “Greater Anglia strikes again...”, in Rail, page 43:
- Near the back of the concourse is a piano, [...]. Explains Reeve: "It was donated by a lady who had written to me. My Duty Manager at the time had a qualification and so was able to restore it to full working order. I've heard some cracking tunes on it."
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great
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cracking (not comparable)
Verb edit
cracking
- present participle and gerund of crack