| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A trying to do or make something: attempt, effort, endeavor, essay, go, offer, stab, trial, try. Informal : shot. Slang : take. Archaic : assay. See TRY. 2. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke: bang, blow2, clout, hit, lick, pound, slug3, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop. Informal : bash, biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang : belt, conk, paste. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 3. A flippant or sarcastic remark: dig, quip. Slang : wisecrack. See RESPECT, WORDS. 4. A usually narrow partial opening caused by splitting and rupture: break, chink, cleavage, cleft, crevice, fissure, rift, split. See OPEN. 5. A very brief time: flash, instant, minute1, moment, second1, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink. Informal : jiff, jiffy. Chiefly British : tick. See BIG, TIME. 6. A sudden sharp, explosive noise: bang, bark, clap, explosion, pop1, rat-a-tat-tat, report, snap. See SOUNDS. 7. A brief trial: go, stab, try. Informal : fling, shot, whack, whirl. See TRY. | | VERB: | 1. To find the key to (a code, for example): break, decipher, decrypt, puzzle out. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. To give way mentally and emotionally: break (down), collapse, snap. Informal : crack up, fold. See EXPLOSION. 3. To suddenly lose all health or strength: break (down), cave in, collapse, drop, give out, succumb. Informal : crack up. Slang : conk out. Idioms: give way. See HEALTH. 4. To make a sudden sharp, explosive noise: bang, bark, clap, pop1, snap. See SOUNDS. 5. To undergo partial breaking: fissure, fracture, rupture, split. See HELP. | | ADJECTIVE: | Having or demonstrating a high degree of knowledge or skill: adept, expert, master, masterful, masterly, professional, proficient, skilled, skillful. Slang : crackerjack. See ABILITY. | | PHRASAL VERB: | crack up Informal. To give way mentally and emotionally: break (down), collapse, crack, snap. Informal : fold. See EXPLOSION. crack up 1. Informal. To suddenly lose all health or strength: break (down), cave in, collapse, crack, drop, give out, succumb. Slang : conk out. Idioms: give way. See HEALTH. 2. Informal. To undergo wrecking: crash, smash. Informal : pile up. See HELP.
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