craquer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- clatter verb To make a rapid series of short, sharp banging or rattling sounds.
- crack verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
- creak verb To make a harsh, grating, or squeaking sound, typically from friction between hard surfaces.
- kick off verb To begin something, especially an event, campaign or meeting.
- squeak noun A short, high-pitched sound, like that made by a mouse or an unoiled hinge.
Senses
craquer is used for these senses in English:
- bottle out (UK, informal) To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve; to run away or back down from a contest or challenge.
- break down (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
- clatter (intransitive) To make a rattling sound.
- crack (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- crack (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- crack up (idiomatic, intransitive, dated, _, in US) To become insane; to suffer a mental breakdown.
- kick off (intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively.
- squeak (intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
clatter — full definition
- verb To make a rapid series of short, sharp banging or rattling sounds.
- noun A loud rattling noise made by hard objects knocking together.
crack — full definition
- verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
- verb To solve a difficult problem or figure something out.
- verb To break down or give in under pressure, especially during questioning or stress.
- verb To make a joke.
- noun A thin line or split in a surface.