cracking
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. very good
Similar word(s): good, bully, corking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, old, peachy, smashing, swell
Sentences with cracking as an adjective:
- The race started at a cracking pace.
- We had a cracking time.
adverb
1. (Britain) Very, usually associated with praise.
- It was a cracking good show.
noun
1. a sudden sharp noise
- the crack of a whip
- he heard the cracking of the ice
Definition categories: event, noise
2. the act of cracking something
Similar word(s): crack, fracture
Definition categories: act, break, breakage, breaking
3. the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
Definition categories: process
verb
1. present participle of crack