crack

About 11.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

verb To form cracks.
It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.
verb To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
verb To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
verb To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
verb To make a cracking sound.
The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
verb To change rapidly in register.
His voice cracked with emotion.
verb To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
verb To make a sharply humorous comment.
"I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.