CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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crack addict in CommonParlance
- definition someone addicted to crack cocaine
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crack cocaine in CommonParlance
- definition a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
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crack down in CommonParlance
- definition repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
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crack of doom in CommonParlance
- definition (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
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crack shot in CommonParlance
- definition someone skilled in shooting
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crack up in CommonParlance
- definition suffer a nervous breakdown
- definition rhapsodize about
- definition laugh unrestrainedly
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crack willow in CommonParlance
- definition large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
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crack-up in CommonParlance
- definition a mental or physical breakdown
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crackbrained in CommonParlance
- definition insanely irresponsible
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crackdown in CommonParlance
- definition severely repressive actions
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cracked in CommonParlance
- definition used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
- definition of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
- definition informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
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cracked wheat in CommonParlance
- definition grains of wheat that have been crushed into small pieces
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cracked-wheat bread in CommonParlance
- definition bread made with cracked wheat that has been ground fine
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cracker in CommonParlance
- definition a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
- definition a poor White person in the southern United States
- definition a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things
- definition firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
- definition a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
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cracker bonbon in CommonParlance
- definition a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
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cracker crumbs in CommonParlance
- definition crumbs of crackers used especially for coating or thickening
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cracker-barrel in CommonParlance
- definition characteristic of country life
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crackerberry in CommonParlance
- definition creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska
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crackerjack in CommonParlance
- definition someone excellent of their kind
- definition something excellent of its kind
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crackers in CommonParlance
- definition informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
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cracking in CommonParlance
- definition excellent
- definition a sudden sharp noise
- definition the act of cracking something
- definition the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
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crackle in CommonParlance
- definition having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware
- definition the sharp sound of snapping noises
- definition glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
- definition make a crackling sound
- definition make a crushing noise
- definition to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
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crackle china in CommonParlance
- definition glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
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crackleware in CommonParlance
- definition glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
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crackling in CommonParlance
- definition the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
- definition the sharp sound of snapping noises