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can anybody tell the exact meanings of the following?
1)urge
2)crack
3)crazy

2007-05-18 22:59:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

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urgeto push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
2. to drive with incitement to speed or effort: to urge dogs on with shouts.
3. to press, push, or hasten (the course, activities, etc.): to urge one's escape.
4. to impel, constrain, or move to some action: urged by necessity.
5. to endeavor to induce or persuade, as by entreaties; entreat or exhort earnestly: to urge a person to greater caution.
6. to press (something) upon the attention: to urge a claim.
7. to insist on, allege, or assert with earnestness: to urge the need of haste.
8. to press by persuasion or recommendation, as for acceptance, performance, or use; recommend or advocate earnestly: to urge a plan of action.
–verb (used without object) 9. to exert a driving or impelling force; give an impulse to haste or action: Hunger urges.
10. to make entreaties or earnest recommendations.
11. to press arguments or allegations, as against a person, action, or cause: The senator urged against the confirmation of the appointment.
–noun 12. an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
13. an involuntary, natural, or instinctive impulse: the sex urge.

crack
. to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
2. to break with a sudden, sharp sound: The branch cracked under the weight of the snow.
3. to make a sudden, sharp sound in or as if in breaking; snap: The whip cracked.
4. (of the voice) to break abruptly and discordantly, esp. into an upper register, as because of weariness or emotion.
5. to fail; give way: His confidence cracked under the strain.
6. to succumb or break down, esp. under severe psychological pressure, torture, or the like: They questioned him steadily for 24 hours before he finally cracked.
7. Chemistry. to decompose as a result of being subjected to heat.
8. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to brag; boast.
9. Chiefly Scot. to chat; gossip.
–verb (used with object) 10. to cause to make a sudden sharp sound: The driver cracked the whip.
11. to break without complete separation of parts; break into fissures.
12. to break with a sudden, sharp sound: to crack walnuts.
13. to strike and thereby make a sharp noise: The boxer cracked his opponent on the jaw.
14. to induce or cause to be stricken with sorrow or emotion; affect deeply.
15. to utter or tell: to crack jokes.
16. to cause to make a cracking sound: to crack one's knuckles.
17. to damage, weaken, etc.: The new evidence against him cracked his composure.
18. to make mentally unsound.
19. to make (the voice) harsh or unmanageable.
20. to solve; decipher: to crack a murder case.
21. Informal. to break into (a safe, vault, etc.).
22. Chemistry. to subject to the process of cracking, as in the distillation of petroleum.
23. Informal. to open and drink (a bottle of wine, liquor, beer, etc.).
–noun 24. a break without complete separation of parts; fissure.
25. a slight opening, as between boards in a floor or wall, or between a door and its doorpost.
26. a sudden, sharp noise, as of something breaking.
27. the snap of or as of a whip.
28. a resounding blow: He received a terrific crack on the head when the branch fell.
29. Informal. a witty or cutting remark; wisecrack.
30. a break or change in the flow or tone of the voice.
31. Informal. opportunity; chance; try: Give him first crack at the new job.
32. a flaw or defect.
33. Also called rock. Slang. pellet-size pieces of highly purified cocaine, prepared with other ingredients for smoking, and known to be especially potent and addicting.
34. Masonry. check1 (def. 41).
35. a mental defect or deficiency.
36. a shot, as with a rifle: At the first crack, the deer fell.
37. a moment; instant: He was on his feet again in a crack.
38. Slang. a burglary, esp. an instance of housebreaking.
39. Chiefly British. a person or thing that excels in some respect.
40. Slang: Vulgar. the vulva.
41. Chiefly Scot. conversation; chat.
42. British Dialect. boasting; braggadocio.
43. Archaic. a burglar.
–adjective 44. first-rate; excellent: a crack shot.
–adverb 45. with a cracking sound.

Crazy-
adjective 1. mentally deranged; demented; insane.
2. senseless; impractical; totally unsound: a crazy scheme.
3. Informal. intensely enthusiastic; passionately excited: crazy about baseball.
4. Informal. very enamored or infatuated (usually fol. by about): He was crazy about her.
5. Informal. intensely anxious or eager; impatient: I'm crazy to try those new skis.
6. Informal. unusual; bizarre; singular: She always wears a crazy hat.
7. Slang. wonderful; excellent; perfect: That's crazy, man, crazy.
8. likely to break or fall to pieces.
9. weak, infirm, or sickly.
10. having an unusual, unexpected, or random quality, behavior, result, pattern, etc.: a crazy reel that spins in either direction.

2007-05-18 23:04:59 · answer #1 · answered by Kristenite’s Back! 7 · 1 1

Urge: a strong impulse, to drive or force forward.
I have an urge to eat chocolate.
My parents have always urged me to study hard.

Crack: a specific illegal drug, a break without separation of parts.
The police arrested him for possession of crack.
The mirror had a crack in the upper-left corner.

Crazy: insane, disordered in mind.
For me, using drugs is crazy.
An insane asylum is full of crazy people.

These are not the only definitions, of course. A lot depends on context.

2007-05-19 12:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by Carlos Esteban 4 · 1 0

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