cracked up to be

[krakt]

cracked

[krakt]
adjective
1.
broken: a container full of cracked ice.
2.
broken without separation of parts; fissured.
3.
damaged; injured.
4.
Informal. eccentric; mad; daffy: a charming person, but a bit cracked.
5.
broken in tone, as the voice.
6.
cracked up to be, Informal. reported or reputed to be (usually used in the negative): I hear the play is not what it's cracked up to be.

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Cracked up to be is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English crachyd. See crack, -ed2

un·cracked, adjective
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cracked definition


  1. mod.
    crazy. : You're cracked if you think I'll agree to that.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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cracked up to be definition


  1. mod.
    supposed to be. : This pizza isn't what it's cracked up to be.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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