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How to spell crack
Crack is spelled C-R-A-C-K.
What it means: A sudden sharp, loud noise.
In a sentence: I heard the crack of the cookie as I broke it in half.
Same family: crackhead, crackhouse, crack-cocaine, addiction, drug. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: Drug users began calling this form of cocaine “crack” in the 1980s because of the crackling sound it makes when it is heated and smoked. The word comes from the older English verb “to crack,” meaning to make a sharp, snapping noise.
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