cracked

Other forms of cracked

comparative

crackedder·

superlative

crackeddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cracked

What does cracked mean?

cracked means "used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cracked?

cracked has 1 syllable: cracked. In IPA it is /ˈkɹækt/.

What is another word for cracked?

Close synonyms include chapped, roughened, alligatored, balmy, barmy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cracked a common word?

cracked is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.