cracking
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˈkrækɪŋ/
- UK
- I thought what a cracking piece of advice.
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Watch on YouTubeI thought what a cracking piece of advice.
- I thought what a cracking piece of advice.
- It was more Mannheim, Heidelberg, like the other side that was really, really cracking.
- She's fucking awesome, as well as being like cracking looking so.
- And the next guy's like, hello, just cracking.
Examples
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Well, with researching some really, really cracking albums, Mark has a really interesting question.
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I've got a cracking question here, Robbie, right?
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So I think it's tough to like pick someone cracking this and like actually starting to turn over market share and get into what Apple's doing.
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And it's just a really cracking idea where it is my phone, I'm looking at the homepage and I can see Amazon, Barclays, London Stock Exchange.
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He put together a cracking blend of scatter, butyric, valeric and caproic acids.
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That was a cracking performance by the team, and they deserved to win the trophy.
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She gave a cracking presentation that impressed everyone in the audience.
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The restaurant serves cracking dishes that keep customers coming back for more.
Synonyms
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1.0
Very good or excellent in quality
∞
1.0
Very good and better than most similar things
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3.0
Better than expected and quite good
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7.9
Used informally to mean completely or very much
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7.0
Very good and impressive
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7.3
Very good and enjoyable
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8.8
Very stylish and liked by many people
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6.7
Very good and impressive
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6.0
Being clever and useful, often small and attractive
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6.4
Very skilled at a particular activity
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6.9
Very good and pleasant, with no problems
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7.6
Very good, enjoyable, and attractive in a lively way
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9.9
Very good or excellent in old, joking speech
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7.8
Very good and of high quality
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6.9
Very good and impressive
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9.1
Very good and exciting, like a fun party or great goal
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8.6
Very good and fun to experience
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9.3
Very good and pleasing to people
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9.9
Very good and enjoyable
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9.9
Very good and enjoyable
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8.6
Very good and enjoyable
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8.9
Very good and large, often used for a meal or party
People use it in Britain to say something is very good
Antonyms
How Good
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cracking meaning 'excellent' comes from the verb crack, which used to mean a loud, sharp hit and then a very skilled person, as in a 'crack shot'. So, something called cracking feels striking and impressive, which is why it means 'very good'.