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crack·ers
(krăk′ərz)adj. Chiefly British Slang
Insane; mad.
[Probably from cracker, breakdown.]
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crackers
(ˈkrækəz)adj
(postpositive) Brit a slang word for insane
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| Adj. | 1. |  crackers - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, around the bend, balmy, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, loopy, fruity, barmy, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
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crackers
adjectiveChiefly British. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:
brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.
Law: non compos mentis.
Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.
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Translations
مَجْنون
praštěný
skørtosset
klikkaîur
padnutý na hlavu
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crackers
[ˈkrækərz] adj (= mad) to be crackers (British) → être cinglé(e) crack house n [drug addicts] → crack-house f (maison où l'on vend, achète et consomme du crack)Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
crackers
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crack
(krӕk) verb1. to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces. The window cracked down the middle.
2. to break (open). He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.
3. to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking. The twig cracked as I stepped on it.
4. to make (a joke). He's always cracking jokes.
5. to open (a safe) by illegal means.
6. to solve (a code).
7. to give in to torture or similar pressures. The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.
noun1. a split or break. There's a crack in this cup.
2. a narrow opening. The door opened a crack.
3. a sudden sharp sound. the crack of whip.
4. a blow. a crack on the jaw.
5. a joke. He made a crack about my big feet.
6. a very addictive drug. He died of too much crack with alcohol
adjective expert. a crack racing-driver.
cracked adjective1. damaged by cracks. a cracked cup.
2. crazy. She must be cracked!
crackdown nounˈcracker noun
1. a thin crisp biscuit.
2. a small exploding firework. fire crackers.
3. a decorated paper tube, containing paper hats etc, which gives a loud crack when pulled apart.
ˈcrackers adjective crazy. You must be crackers to believe that!
crack a book, crack a book (slang) to open a book in order to read or study. He always gets high marks in his exams although he hardly cracks a textbook.
crack down (on) to act firmly against. The police have cracked down on drug dealers; to crack down on illegal immigration.
get cracking to get moving quickly.
have a crack (at) to have a try at.
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