crackingn.

/ˈkrakɪŋ/

Etymology: < crack v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of crack v.

1. The emission of a sharp sound as in the act of breaking or bursting, or the noise so emitted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > crack or snap

crackingc1290

cracka1400

crickling1584

crick-crack1600

snap1611

snapping1812

crickle1914

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 452/114 Þoruȝ noyse of þe crakeȝingue þe guode man i-heorde: þat þut treo fel.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 116 Þe first cors come with crakkyng of trumpes.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. vii. 6 The laughinge of fooles is like y^e crackynge of thornes vnder a pott.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xxi. 8720 Wryngyng of hondes, Clamur & crie, crakkyng of fyngurs.

1668 J. Evelyn Let. 27 Aug. in Diary & Corr. (1859) III. 210 Eels do..stir at the cracking of thunder.

1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt III. xxxviii. 117 The cracking of whips.

1885 Manch. Examiner 23 June 5/3 The cracking of rifles was..heard.

†2. Exaggerated talking, bragging, boasting. Obsolete or dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun]

yelpc888

yelpinga1050

roosingc1175

boastc1300

avauntment1303

avauntry1330

vauntingc1340

bragc1360

avauntingc1380

boastingc1380

avauntance1393

angarda1400

bragging1399

vaunta1400

crackingc1440

crackc1450

crowing1484

jactancea1492

vaunterya1492

bragancea1500

gloriation?1504

blasta1513

vousting1535

braggery?1571

jactation1576

self-boasting1577

thrasonism1596

braggartry1598

braggartism1601

jactancy1623

braggadocianism1624

blazing1628

jactitation1632

word-braving1642

rodomontadea1648

fanfaronade1652

superbiloquence1656

vapouring1656

rodomontading1661

blow1684

goster1703

gasconade1709

gasconading1709

vauntingness1727

braggadocioa1734

Gasconism1744

Gascoigny1754

braggade1763

gostering1763

penny trumpet1783

cockalorum?a1792

boastfulness1810

vauntage1818

bull-flesh1820

blowing1840

vauntiness1851

kompology1854

loud-mouthing1858

skite1860

gabbing1869

mouth1891

buck1895

skiting1916

boosterism1926

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 100 Crakynge, or boste, jactancia, arrogancia.

1462 J. Daubeney in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 279 Hys gret crakyng and bost.

1564 J. Rastell Confut. Serm. M. Iuell f. 34^v So much crakyng, so litle performyng.

1655 R. Capel Tentations iv. i. 62 The cracking of a coward before he loseth the victory.

1692 Christ Exalted §147 Let us learn to know our selves..without any cracking.

3. The breaking of anything hard and hollow; bursting or fissuring; partially fracturing.

ΚΠ

1483 Cath. Angl. 80 A Crakkynge, nucliacio.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5852 Crakkyng of cristis, crusshyng of speiris.

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland xxviii. 130 When they [reindeer] walk, the joints of their feet make a noise like the clashing of flints, or cracking of nuts.

1735 J. Price Some Considerations Stone-bridge Thames 5 Keep the whole Frame compacted together from any cracking or opening.

1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory i. p. lxxxvii They..can sustain sudden alternations of heat and cold without cracking.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 54 Cracking of craniums was the rage.

4. Damaging (of credit, reputation, etc.); a flaw. Also: financial breakdown.

ΚΠ

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxv. 433 A cracking of his credit.

1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies Pref. sig. a4 Even the courses of the strictest saynts have ther crackings: Peter was a good man, and yet dissembled.

1833 H. Barnard in Maryland Hist. Mag. 13 299 He said that if protection should be destroyed, there w'd be a tremendous cracking among sugar planters.

Compounds

attributive.

ΚΠ

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 192 Larger pebbles, very likely used as cracking-stones.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

crackingadj.¹

Etymology: < crack v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcracking.

1. That cracks or makes a sharp noise as in breaking; that breaks with a sharp report; that bursts asunder.

ΚΠ

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1165 Wyth such a crakkande kry as klyffes haden brusten.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) xiv. 300 Roaring or distant Thunders signifie Wind; but cracking or acute Thunders Winds and Rain.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 74 Cracking whip and jingling gears.

1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iii. 243 I stepped across the cracking earth and knew 'Twould yawn behind me.

†2. Bragging, boasting; boastful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective]

jettingc1450

cracking1528

bragging1530

vousting1535

boasting1552

vaunting1589

cock-a-doodle-dooing1599

flourishing1616

vapouring1647

rodomontading1691

gasconade1714

gasconading1717

1528 Roy Satire (Arb.) 43 Full of crakynge wordes inopinable.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 144 The craking Scotts..made this bald rime vpon the English-men.

1602 N. Breton Poste with Madde Packet Lett. I. sig. C A craking coward was well cudgeled for his knauery.

1687 M. Prior & Earl of Halifax Hind & Panther Transvers'd 20 Come leave your Cracking tricks.

3. slang. Vigorous, ‘rattling’, ‘thumping’. Also as adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great

swappingc1440

bumping1566

thumping1576

swingeinga1592

knocking1598

gigantical1604

gigantine1605

gigantean1611

gigantal?1614

thundering1618

whoppinga1625

humming1654

rapping1657

whisking1673

threshing1707

sousing1735

nation1765

heroic1785

runaway1790

spanking1791

gigantic1797

whacking1797

cracking1834

ringing1834

bouncing1842

walloping1847

stavingc1850

banging1864

howling1865

whooping1866

smacking1888

God almighty1913

Christ almighty1961

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something good

admirable1606

superiorly1728

rattling1828

clinking1868

cracking1903

1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major 17 If you don't hear of cracking work down there, that will make 'em stare, I'm mistaken.

1840 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 7 Mar. 7 Long Island, where Decatur was to have made a cracking race.

1880 Lady F. Dixie Across Patagonia He had gone quite ten miles at a cracking pace.

1903 N.Y. Sun 29 Nov. 11 The Hunters Champion Steeplechase resulted in a cracking good race.

1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie iii. 52 ‘What was she like?’ ‘Cracking bore, as usual.’

1957 I. Cross God Boy (1958) 110 Probably turning out to be a cracking-good saint.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

crackingadj.²

in phr. to get cracking at crack v. 22b.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

> as lemmas

ˈcracking

ˈcracking n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > oil refining or separating processes > [noun]

re-refining1864

cracking1868

stripping1922

sweetening1924

Platforming1949

Powerforming1956

steam cracking1959

1868 B. Silliman in Chem. News 10 Apr. 171/1 By the process called ‘cracking’, heavy oils unfit for illumination are broken up into bodies of less density, from light naphtha to the heavier illuminating and lubricating oils.

1896 B. Redwood Treat. Petroleum I. 317 The ‘cracking process’, whereby a considerable quantity of the oil which is intermediate between kerosene and lubricating oil is converted into hydrocarbons of lower density and boiling point, suitable for illuminating purposes.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 80/1 Modern cracking dates back to the patent obtained in 1889 by the late Sir Boverton Redwood and Prof. Dewar.

1930 Economist 12 July 87/2 At Tampico a new vapour-phase cracking plant is being erected for the production of high~grade gasoline.

1947 Archit. Rev. 101 132/1 To make water gas, which may be enriched to the required calorific value by cracking gas oil in the plant.

1952 Economist 6 Sept. 581 Government's inquiry about degrading the cracking units.

1959 Times Rev. Industry Aug. 70/2 Thermal ‘cracking’..evolved to increase the quantity of gasoline obtainable from any given volume of crude oil.

1967 W. F. Bland & R. L. Davidson Petrol. Processing Handbk. iii. 62 Catalytic cracking and catalytic reforming..have replaced their thermal counterparts in most of the present-day refineries.

extracted from crackv.

n.c1290

adj.¹c1400

adj.²

as lemmas

单词	cracking
释义	crackingn. /ˈkrakɪŋ/ Etymology: < crack v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of crack v. 1. The emission of a sharp sound as in the act of breaking or bursting, or the noise so emitted. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > crack or snap crackingc1290 cracka1400 crickling1584 crick-crack1600 snap1611 snapping1812 crickle1914 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 452/114 Þoruȝ noyse of þe crakeȝingue þe guode man i-heorde: þat þut treo fel. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 116 Þe first cors come with crakkyng of trumpes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. vii. 6 The laughinge of fooles is like y^e crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xxi. 8720 Wryngyng of hondes, Clamur & crie, crakkyng of fyngurs. 1668 J. Evelyn Let. 27 Aug. in Diary & Corr. (1859) III. 210 Eels do..stir at the cracking of thunder. 1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt III. xxxviii. 117 The cracking of whips. 1885 Manch. Examiner 23 June 5/3 The cracking of rifles was..heard. †2. Exaggerated talking, bragging, boasting. Obsolete or dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] yelpc888 yelpinga1050 roosingc1175 boastc1300 avauntment1303 avauntry1330 vauntingc1340 bragc1360 avauntingc1380 boastingc1380 avauntance1393 angarda1400 bragging1399 vaunta1400 crackingc1440 crackc1450 crowing1484 jactancea1492 vaunterya1492 bragancea1500 gloriation?1504 blasta1513 vousting1535 braggery?1571 jactation1576 self-boasting1577 thrasonism1596 braggartry1598 braggartism1601 jactancy1623 braggadocianism1624 blazing1628 jactitation1632 word-braving1642 rodomontadea1648 fanfaronade1652 superbiloquence1656 vapouring1656 rodomontading1661 blow1684 goster1703 gasconade1709 gasconading1709 vauntingness1727 braggadocioa1734 Gasconism1744 Gascoigny1754 braggade1763 gostering1763 penny trumpet1783 cockalorum?a1792 boastfulness1810 vauntage1818 bull-flesh1820 blowing1840 vauntiness1851 kompology1854 loud-mouthing1858 skite1860 gabbing1869 mouth1891 buck1895 skiting1916 boosterism1926 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 100 Crakynge, or boste, jactancia, arrogancia. 1462 J. Daubeney in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 279 Hys gret crakyng and bost. 1564 J. Rastell Confut. Serm. M. Iuell f. 34^v So much crakyng, so litle performyng. 1655 R. Capel Tentations iv. i. 62 The cracking of a coward before he loseth the victory. 1692 Christ Exalted §147 Let us learn to know our selves..without any cracking. 3. The breaking of anything hard and hollow; bursting or fissuring; partially fracturing. ΚΠ 1483 Cath. Angl. 80 A Crakkynge, nucliacio. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5852 Crakkyng of cristis, crusshyng of speiris. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland xxviii. 130 When they [reindeer] walk, the joints of their feet make a noise like the clashing of flints, or cracking of nuts. 1735 J. Price Some Considerations Stone-bridge Thames 5 Keep the whole Frame compacted together from any cracking or opening. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory i. p. lxxxvii They..can sustain sudden alternations of heat and cold without cracking. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 54 Cracking of craniums was the rage. 4. Damaging (of credit, reputation, etc.); a flaw. Also: financial breakdown. ΚΠ 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxv. 433 A cracking of his credit. 1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies Pref. sig. a4 Even the courses of the strictest saynts have ther crackings: Peter was a good man, and yet dissembled. 1833 H. Barnard in Maryland Hist. Mag. 13 299 He said that if protection should be destroyed, there w'd be a tremendous cracking among sugar planters. Compounds attributive. ΚΠ 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 192 Larger pebbles, very likely used as cracking-stones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). crackingadj.¹ Etymology: < crack v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcracking. 1. That cracks or makes a sharp noise as in breaking; that breaks with a sharp report; that bursts asunder. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1165 Wyth such a crakkande kry as klyffes haden brusten. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) xiv. 300 Roaring or distant Thunders signifie Wind; but cracking or acute Thunders Winds and Rain. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 74 Cracking whip and jingling gears. 1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iii. 243 I stepped across the cracking earth and knew 'Twould yawn behind me. †2. Bragging, boasting; boastful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] jettingc1450 cracking1528 bragging1530 vousting1535 boasting1552 vaunting1589 cock-a-doodle-dooing1599 flourishing1616 vapouring1647 rodomontading1691 gasconade1714 gasconading1717 1528 Roy Satire (Arb.) 43 Full of crakynge wordes inopinable. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 144 The craking Scotts..made this bald rime vpon the English-men. 1602 N. Breton Poste with Madde Packet Lett. I. sig. C A craking coward was well cudgeled for his knauery. 1687 M. Prior & Earl of Halifax Hind & Panther Transvers'd 20 Come leave your Cracking tricks. 3. slang. Vigorous, ‘rattling’, ‘thumping’. Also as adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great swappingc1440 bumping1566 thumping1576 swingeinga1592 knocking1598 gigantical1604 gigantine1605 gigantean1611 gigantal?1614 thundering1618 whoppinga1625 humming1654 rapping1657 whisking1673 threshing1707 sousing1735 nation1765 heroic1785 runaway1790 spanking1791 gigantic1797 whacking1797 cracking1834 ringing1834 bouncing1842 walloping1847 stavingc1850 banging1864 howling1865 whooping1866 smacking1888 God almighty1913 Christ almighty1961 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something good admirable1606 superiorly1728 rattling1828 clinking1868 cracking1903 1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major 17 If you don't hear of cracking work down there, that will make 'em stare, I'm mistaken. 1840 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 7 Mar. 7 Long Island, where Decatur was to have made a cracking race. 1880 Lady F. Dixie Across Patagonia He had gone quite ten miles at a cracking pace. 1903 N.Y. Sun 29 Nov. 11 The Hunters Champion Steeplechase resulted in a cracking good race. 1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie iii. 52 ‘What was she like?’ ‘Cracking bore, as usual.’ 1957 I. Cross God Boy (1958) 110 Probably turning out to be a cracking-good saint. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). crackingadj.² in phr. to get cracking at crack v. 22b. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019). > as lemmas ˈcracking ˈcracking n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > oil refining or separating processes > [noun] re-refining1864 cracking1868 stripping1922 sweetening1924 Platforming1949 Powerforming1956 steam cracking1959 1868 B. Silliman in Chem. News 10 Apr. 171/1 By the process called ‘cracking’, heavy oils unfit for illumination are broken up into bodies of less density, from light naphtha to the heavier illuminating and lubricating oils. 1896 B. Redwood Treat. Petroleum I. 317 The ‘cracking process’, whereby a considerable quantity of the oil which is intermediate between kerosene and lubricating oil is converted into hydrocarbons of lower density and boiling point, suitable for illuminating purposes. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 80/1 Modern cracking dates back to the patent obtained in 1889 by the late Sir Boverton Redwood and Prof. Dewar. 1930 Economist 12 July 87/2 At Tampico a new vapour-phase cracking plant is being erected for the production of high~grade gasoline. 1947 Archit. Rev. 101 132/1 To make water gas, which may be enriched to the required calorific value by cracking gas oil in the plant. 1952 Economist 6 Sept. 581 Government's inquiry about degrading the cracking units. 1959 Times Rev. Industry Aug. 70/2 Thermal ‘cracking’..evolved to increase the quantity of gasoline obtainable from any given volume of crude oil. 1967 W. F. Bland & R. L. Davidson Petrol. Processing Handbk. iii. 62 Catalytic cracking and catalytic reforming..have replaced their thermal counterparts in most of the present-day refineries. extracted from crackv. < n.c1290adj.¹c1400adj.² as lemmas
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crackingn.

Compounds

crackingadj.1

crackingadj.2

> as lemmas

crackingadj.¹

crackingadj.²