how to pronounce crack

/kɹæk/

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crack is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of crack in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… open in a cup and crack in an egg lift …”

meaning of crack

Crack is a slang term for cocaine.

crack frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word crack occurs in english on average 18 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics crack can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that crack can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;