Meaning: cannon cracker

n.
a large firecracker

crack Idiom, Proverb

all it's cracked up to be

as good as the ads say, live up to the reports The new computer isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's not so hot.

at the crack of dawn

at the first sign of light, at first light At the crack of dawn he would rise, wash and go for a walk.

crack a book

study, read a textbook Sean passed that exam without cracking a book.

crack a joke

tell a joke, say a funny word or phrase Please be serious. Don't crack jokes or laugh at us.

crack down on

stop, not permit, not allow The police began to crack down on speeders in the school zones.

crack me up

make me laugh hard, split a gut Robin Williams cracks me up when he tells a story.

crack of dawn

(See at the crack of dawn)

crack shot/salesman etc.

a person who is highly skilled at shooting etc. Marvin has developed into a crack salesman. He's excellent.

crack the line-up

earn a place on a team, make the team He's a good basketball player, but can he crack the line-up?

crack this case

solve a crime, discover who is guilty "David will crack this case; he's a thorough investigator."

crack under the strain

become irrational or hysterical due to strain, around the bend Mother was a strong person. She never cracked under the strain of raising ten children.

cracked

crazy, nuts, wacko He must be cracked. He mailed a letter to himself.

crackers

crazy, bonkers, nuts Don't worry about me. I've been crackers all my life.

crackpot

a person who is strange or weird, wacko Some crackpot wrote a letter to him threatening his family.

crackup

collision, crash Drinking and driving causes a lot of crackups.

fall through the cracks

not be included, leave out These children fell through the cracks. They didn't learn to read.

first crack at

first turn, first chance to do it I want first crack at solving the problem. I want to try first.

get cracking

hurry up, start moving fast, get started We will have to get cracking on this work if we want to finish it before dinner.

hard nut to crack

something or someone difficult to understand or do He is a very serious person and is a very hard nut to crack.

not all it's cracked up...

(See all it's cracked up to be)

take a crack at

try, attempt Have you decided to take a crack at the entrance exam in June?

the crack of dawn

(See at the crack of dawn)

be smokin' crack rock

doing something stupid, (used as an excuse for doing something really stupid usually in front of someone else) "I didn't delete that file; I'm just smokin' crack rock."

crack

1. synthetic drug, extremely addictive
2. the vagina, Particularly vulgar expression
3. between the buttocks
4. (As the crack) the situation, the news, the gossip; from the Irish craic:"So what's the crack with this arguement you and Sonya have been having?"
5. see also what's crackin

crack a brew

to open a beer:"Crack another 40, smoke some kill" -- Schoolly D. (Smoke some kill)

crack snacker

a lesbian

crack up

1. to breakdown with laughter
2. to mentally breakdown

crackass

something exceptionally below standard or unacceptable:"What kind of a crackass statement was that?!? Her crackass boyfriend came to the formal in cut-offs"

cracked out

1. acting like a crackhead;
2. crazy; irrational

cracker

a derogatory term for a white person

crackhead

1. someone who just isn't all there; someone who does stupid things:"You hear Johnny jumped off his roof? Yeah, he's such a crackhead!"
2. an addict of "crack" (freebased cocaine)

cracking

1. brilliant, wonderful:"They gave a cracking performance last night"
2. an intensifier such as extremely, outstandingly:"We had a cracking good time last night."

cracking the flags

raining heavily

crackling

offensive term for a sexually desirable woman or women

cream crackered

knackered, tired out, exhausted; rhyming slang

what's crackin

what's up?

hard/tough nut to crack

sth．difficult to understand or to do 难事；棘手的问题
The girl found the algebra lesson was a hard nut to crack．这女孩发现代数课难以应付。
Dealing with that problem was a hard nut to crack；you must have worked hard to solve it．处理那个问题很难，你一定花了很大的气力。
hard put（to it）
in a difficult position；faced with difficulty面临困境；为难
The little girl found herself hard to put to it to find the way home．这小女孩发现她认不得回家的路了。
We were hard put to it to solve this problem，but we succeeded at last．我们起先对解决这个问题感到很为难，但最终还是圆满解决了。

tough nut to crack

paper over the cracks in

Idiom(s): paper over the cracks (in sth)

Theme: DECEPTION

to try to hide faults or difficulties, often in a hasty or not very successful way.
• The politician tried to paper over the cracks in his party's economic policy.
• Tom tried to paper over the cracks in his relationship with the boss, but it was not possible.
• She didn't explain it. She just papered over the cracks.

not all sth is cracked up to be

Idiom(s): not all something is cracked up to be AND not what something is cracked up to be

Theme: EXPECTATION - UNMET

not as good as something is supposed to be. (Informal. Not always in the negative.)
• This isn't a very good pen. It's not all it's cracked up to be.
• Is this one all it's cracked up to be?
• This restaurant isn't what it's cracked up to be.

make cracks about

Idiom(s): make cracks (about sb or sth)

Theme: JOKING

to ridicule or make jokes about someone or something. (Informal.)
• Please stop making cracks about my haircut. It's the new style.
• Some people can't help making cracks. They are just rude.

crack sth wide open

Idiom(s): crack sth wide open

Theme: REVELATION

to expose and reveal some great wrongdoing.
• The police cracked the drug ring wide open.
• The newspaper story cracked the trouble at city hall wide open.

crack sth up

Idiom(s): crack sth up

Theme: DESTRUCTION

to crash something; to destroy something (in an accident).
• The driver cracked the car up in an accident.
• The pilot cracked up the plane.

crack sb up

Idiom(s): crack sb up

Theme: LAUGHTER

to make someone laugh.
• She told a joke that really cracked us up.
• I cracked up my history class with a silly remark.

crack open a bottle

Idiom(s): crack open a bottle

Theme: DRINKING

to open a bottle; to remove the cork or seal from a bottle, usually a bottle of an alcoholic drink.
• They cracked open a bottle to celebrate her arrival.
• Let's crack open a bottle of champagne and celebrate.

crack down

Idiom(s): crack down (on sb or sth)

Theme: CONTROL

to be hard on someone or something; to enforce a rule or law more strenuously.
• They are cracking down on speeding around here.
• It's about time they cracked down.

crack a smile

Idiom(s): crack a smile

Theme: HAPPINESS

to smile a little, perhaps reluctantly. (Informal.)
• She cracked a smile, so I knew she was kidding.
• The soldier cracked a smile at the wrong time and had to march for an hour as punishment.

not what sth is cracked up to be

have a crack at

Idiom(s): have a try at something AND have a shot at something; have a crack at something

Theme: TRYING

to take a turn at trying to do something. (The expressions with shot and crack are more colloquial than the main entry phrase.)
• You don’t seem to be having a lot of luck with this. Can I have a try at it?
• Let Sally have a shot at it.
• If you let me have a crack at it, maybe I can be successful.

By cracky

A term used by rural folks in years past to emphasize a matter of importance or urgency. An example 'By cracky, you need to get out there in the field with that mule and plow and finish the sod-busting before dark.'