Meanings
nouncrack train (plural crack trains)
plural crack trains
- USdateddialectalFastest express train between two stops.
1988 Lawrence Davis, Pullman porter in the 1940s, quoted on Different Trains, by Steve Reich. The crack train from New York.
Synonyms: express train, fast train
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFastest express train between two stops.
Similar
express trainfast train
Opposite
Also see
Origin
From crack (“best, first-rate”).
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crack train. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crack%20train
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“crack train.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crack%20train. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crack train,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crack%20train.
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