crack out

verb

To show signs or symptoms of excessive crack cocaine use.

“Look over there. That kid is cracking out.”

Meanings

verbcrack out (third-person singular simple present cracks out, present participle cracking out, simple past and past participle cracked out)

present singular third person cracks out · participle present cracking out · participle past cracked out · past cracked out

  1. intransitiveslangdrugsTo show signs or symptoms of excessive crack cocaine use.

    Look over there. That kid is cracking out.

  2. slangtransitivedrugsTo intoxicate through the administration of crack cocaine.
  3. broadlyslangtransitivedrugsTo intoxicate, similar to a crack high, through administration of a comparable substance.

    Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!, Morgan Spurlock. "So part of the reason why this is the fastest growing chain is because their cracking us out on MSG"

  4. UKslangtransitiveTo bring out a tool or method thought to be powerful or effective.

    Time to crack out your new super-jump ability and finally beat this level.

    Synonyms: break out, bust out

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo bring out a tool or method thought to be powerful or effective.

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APA

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Chicago

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