crackalackin'

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of crackin'.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krækəˈlækɪn/, /ɪŋ(ɡ)/

Verb

crackalackin'

  1. (Canada, US, slang) Happening; doing; occurring; working.
    • 2003, “Let Me Hear Sumn”, in Love & Hate, performed by Edwin Hayes (Aceyalone):
      What’s poppin’ wit’chu? What’s happenin’? What’s crackalackin’? How you mackin’? You still bad actin’?
    • 2003, David K. Williams (Roscoe), Patrick Brown (Sleepy Brown), Ray Murray, Rico Wade (writers), “What I Look Like”, in Young Roscoe Philaphornia, performed by David K. Williams (Roscoe):
      I keep it crackalackin’
      I’m all about them plaques and figures
      I’m a platinum nigga
    • 2005, Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts, Washington Square Press, →ISBN, page 211:
      “Wuzz crackalackin’?” he says, a homeboy greeting that could mean anything.
    • 2007, Suzann Ledbetter, Halfway to Half Way, Mira, →ISBN:
      I can’t work a calculator without coffee.” “One cup. Then I gotta get crack-a-lackin’.”
    • 2012, Gena Showalter, Alice in Zombieland (The White Rabbit Chronicles; book 1), Harlequin Teen, →ISBN, page 201:
      What exactly will be crackalackin at this party? Will her parents be there?
    • 2012, Howie Momo, The Biker Chihuahua, →ISBN:
      When we got back with the new recruits, it was time to get crackalackin’; we had a party to get started!
    • 2014, M. Anderson, Avian, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
      So! What is crackalackin, yo? We there yet?
    • 2018, Russ Linton, Crimson Son 3: Ashes, →ISBN:
      "Almost got what you need?" "Oh yeah, crackalackin," he says. "Goin' junior high for that call out?"
    • 2021, Michael F. Bird, Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible, Zondervan Reflective, →ISBN:
      If you want to grow in your competence of reading Scripture and have a crackalackin good time doing it, read this book!
    • 2022, Jennifer Peaks, Soul Enemy, →ISBN:
      The high-pitched sound of these wicked sirens wailing pierced his ears and made them pop. Hell indeed was crackalackin.

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