crackalackin'

/krækəˈlækɪn//krækəˈlækɪŋ(ɡ)/

verb

Happening; doing; occurring; working.

Meanings

verb

alternative crack-a-lackin' · alternative crack-a-lackin · alternative crack-a-lacking · alternative crackalackin · alternative crackalacking

  1. CanadaUSslangHappening; doing; occurring; working.

    What exactly will be crackalackin at this party? Will her parents be there?

    2012, Gena Showalter, Alice in Zombieland (The White Rabbit Chronicles; book 1), Harlequin Teen, →ISBN, page 201
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    What’s poppin’ wit’chu? What’s happenin’? What’s crackalackin’? How you mackin’? You still bad actin’?

    2003, “Let Me Hear Sumn”, in Love & Hate, performed by Edwin Hayes (Aceyalone)

    I keep it crackalackin’ I’m all about them plaques and figures I’m a platinum nigga

    2003, David K. Williams (Roscoe), Patrick Brown (Sleepy Brown), Ray Murray, Rico Wade (writers), “What I Look Like”, in Young Roscoe Philaphornia, performed by David K. Williams (Roscoe)

    “Wuzz crackalackin’?” he says, a homeboy greeting that could mean anything.

    2005, Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts, Washington Square Press, →ISBN, page 211

    “[…]I can’t work a calculator without coffee.”[…]“One cup. Then I gotta get crack-a-lackin’.”

    2007, Suzann Ledbetter, Halfway to Half Way, Mira, →ISBN

    When we got back with the new recruits, it was time to get crackalackin’; we had a party to get started!

    2012, Howie Momo, The Biker Chihuahua, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

crackalackin'. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crackalackin'

MLA

“crackalackin'.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crackalackin'. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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