crack
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9.0
- noun
- /kræk/
- NSFW
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crack
- The drug seems less expensive because crack is sold in small amounts of three or four rocks.
- crack cocaine
- smoke crack
- use crack
Millie the Bush dog bringing in crack pipe from the South Lawn.
- Millie the Bush dog bringing in crack pipe from the South Lawn.
- How long were you selling crack from?
- There's always cigarettes, booze, porn and crack and sunny.
- So he's smoking that crack and meth and losing his mind.
- Yeah, they said on heroin, but it was heroin and crack I was making.
- But if you get caught with crack, how much time do you do?
- And I'd see these young girls hooked on crack prostituting on Fremont Street.
- And when cocaine and crack hit Oakland, CA, it destroyed it.
- So Ben was on crack before I even knew him.
- I just assumed he was still on crack, but maybe not.
- Swear to God, like a fucking crack baby ran down there.
- I said, yeah, I'm looking a cop, some crack, maybe some dope, some weight.
- Are you smoking crack wake and bacon?
- This is the crack smoking theory, isn't it?
- Coke was, I mean, crack was crazy, but coke, which was crack.
Examples
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Even though crack is sold for less money, more crack is used, ultimately making crack more expensive.
Academic text (1991) -
Authorities believe she may have been under the influence of crack cocaine.
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Crack smoke in your body, baby crack smoke in your body.
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But if you get caught with crack, how much time do you do?
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This is crack cocaine, seized a few days ago by drug enforcement agents in a park just across the street from the mine.
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Many different types of people are using "crack," a derivative of cocaine that is smoked.
Academic text (1991) -
African-American women who used crack cocaine when pregnant and after pregnancy were the subjects of this study.
Academic text (1997) -
Unfortunately, the increasing infant mortality rates are being related to crack use by inner-city mothers.
Academic text (1990) -
Among cocaine users, 17.2% reported that they "always or almost always" used crack cocaine rather than cocaine powder.
Academic text (1997) -
Authorities believe she may have been under the influence of crack cocaine.
Synonyms
386
6.1
A strong addictive drug from coca leaves used illegally to make people energetic and sometimes to numb body parts
156
9.8
An illegal white powder drug that gives a short strong high
58
9.9
An illegal drug usually a white powder called cocaine
20
6.6
A very strong illegal drug people smoke that causes a strong addiction
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4.6
A strong illegal substance that people quickly become addicted to, like heroin or cocaine
4
9.9
A very strong form of cocaine that people smoke and quickly become addicted to
2
9.9
An illegal white drug that people inhale through the nose
Idioms
To use much more effort or help than needed to do a small task
- Informal
To use far more force or effort than needed for a small task
Compounds
- Offensive
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9.9
An offensive word for a woman who exchanges sex for crack cocaine, often because she is addicted
- Specialized
1
9.9
A vertical crack on the inside of a horse's front hoof that can make the horse limp
- Jargon
A visible straight line that appears down the middle of the belly from strong stomach muscles
Surface Forms
Etymology
The slang crack for the smoked form of cocaine got its name from the cracking or popping sound the drug makes when heated, so the name recalls that sharp noise. This sound-based name helps explain how the drug got its common name.