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English Idioms :: cracking
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crackiness.html - See: GET CRACKING - at GET GOING(2). |
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New English :: cracking
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crackiness.html - (Science and Technology) (Youth Culture) see hack |
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Traditional English :: cracking
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crackiness.html - adj. & adv. sl. --adj. 1 outstanding; very good (a cracking performance).
2 (attrib.) fast and exciting (a cracking speed). --adv. outstandingly (a cracking good time). |
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English Idioms :: crack
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crackiness.html - See: HARD NUT TO CRACK or TOUGH NUT TO CRACK. |
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English Idioms :: crack the whip
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crackiness.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To get obedience or cooperation by threats of punishment. * /If the children won't behave when I reason with them, I have to crack the whip./ |
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English Idioms :: crack a book
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crackiness.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To open a book in order to study. - Usually used with a negative. * /John did not crack a book until the night before the exam./ * /Many students think they can pass without cracking a book./ |
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