noun, adjective
noun [U]
1 lines on a surface where it is damaged or beginning to break:
All planes are being inspected for possible cracking and corrosion.
2 the sound of sth cracking:
the cracking of thunder / twigs
adjective [usuallybeforenoun] (BrE, informal) excellent:
That was a cracking goal. * She's in cracking form at the moment. * We set off at a cracking pace (= very quickly)
cracking adverb:
a cracking good (= extremely good) dinner
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for cracking is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does cracking appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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