tocrack

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English

Etymology

From Middle English tocraken (to cause a cracking sound by breaking something with a lot of force; to fracture), from Old English cracian (to make a cracking sound, crack), from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (to crack, crackle, shriek), equivalent to to- +‎ crack.

Verb

tocrack (third-person singular simple present tocracks, present participle tocracking, simple past and past participle tocracked)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To crack, fracture, fissure; to break with a cracking sound.
    The mighty warrior all tocracked that heathen's skull with one blow of his mighty club.

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