Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cracking
IPA transcription: [kɹ'ækɪŋ]
Pronunciations of cracking
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not_bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
    Meaning: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: crack, cracking, snap
    Meaning: a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
  • Synonyms: fracture, crack, cracking
    Meaning: the act of cracking something
Usage examples
  • Shaped like a plant, yet with the motions of an animal. And cracking, splitting.
  • Fear was sweeping it all along. The cracking whips bit and horses plunged and tugged.
  • The ice was not broken, but it was cracking in all directions under this unexampled thaw.
  • Its steel muscles were cracking. Sometimes it stood on end, the three of us along with it!
  • The floe is cracking and pieces may go out--if so the ship will have to get up steam again.
  • One after another the various democratic organisations, all over Russia, were cracking and changing.
  • The nocturnal music of these forests is made by crickets and tree-toads. The voice of the latter sounds like the cracking of wood.
  • My retriever will carry an egg in his mouth to a great distance, and during a considerable length of time, without ever breaking or even cracking the shell.
  • This, for several minutes, she did not answer, sitting with her back half toward me, cracking almonds, continually striking one step with the ball of her outstretched foot.
  • I am not afraid of him, nor of his reindeer. And it is such fun to see him come dashing along, cracking his whip and calling out cheerily to his reindeer, who are able to run even swifter than we rabbits.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Cat in the Hat (film), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Kevin Rose, License CC BY-SA 4.0