cracky

C3R1A1C3K5Y4

adjective

Having lots of cracks.

“I know my idea seems cracky, but it has potential.”

OriginMiddle English craky →
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Meanings

cracky1

adjectivecracky (comparative crackier, superlative crackiest)

comparative crackier · superlative crackiest

  1. Having lots of cracks.
  2. slangcrazy, mad

    I know my idea seems cracky, but it has potential.

  3. slangResembling or characterised by crack cocaine; addicted to crack

    I don't know if I want to trust her: she looks kinda cracky.

  4. Well maintained and attractive; sharp.

    In a couple of years down there I’ll make my pile, see if I don’t; and then I’ll come back and settle down and turn this farm to the crackiest place in the whole state.

    1920, Eugene O'Neill, Beyond the Horizon, Act II, Scene ii, page 111

cracky2

nouncracky (plural crackies)

plural crackies

  1. USslangDemocrat.

Origin

cracky · adjective

  1. Middle Englishcraky
  2. Englishcracky

From Middle English craky, equivalent to crack + -y.

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cracky · noun

Alteration of democrat + -y.

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Translations

Bulgarian напукан
  • напукан (napukan)having lots of cracks
Catalan esquerdat
  • esquerdathaving lots of cracks
German rissig
  • rissighaving lots of cracks
Spanish agrietado
  • agrietadohaving lots of cracks
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APA

cracky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cracky

MLA

“cracky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cracky. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cracky,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cracky.

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