Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 13 compound words that contain cracking. The most common are listed below. Open cracking in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- cracking downpresent participle and gerund of crack down
- quiet crackingThe decline in an employee's sense of well-being and motivation in a job.
- get crackingTo get started; to get busy.
- steam crackingThe cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons, at high temperature in the presence of steam, in order to produce ethylene, propylene and other light alkenes
- cracking uppresent participle and gerund of crack up
- wise-crackingAlternative form of wisecracking: Making many wisecracks.
- wit-crackingWisecracking; making jokes or witty comments.
- cracking alongpresent participle and gerund of crack along
- cracking hardypresent participle and gerund of crack hardy
- cracking offpresent participle and gerund of crack off
- cracking openpresent participle and gerund of crack open
- cracking outpresent participle and gerund of crack out
- cracking throughpresent participle and gerund of crack through
- cracking wisepresent participle and gerund of crack wise
- gets crackingthird-person singular simple present indicative of get cracking: To get started; to get busy.
- mud crackingSurface cracking resembling a dried mud flat.
- cracking a bookpresent participle and gerund of crack a book
- cracking a fatpresent participle and gerund of crack a fat
- cracking a ratpresent participle and gerund of crack a rat
- cracking a smilepresent participle and gerund of crack a smile
- cracking one offpresent participle and gerund of crack one off
- cracking the flagspresent participle and gerund of crack the flags
- cracking a crustpresent participle and gerund of crack a crust
- cracking someone's eggpresent participle and gerund of crack someone's egg
- what's crackingWhat’s going on with you? (as a greeting)
Compound words 13
- noncrackingThat does not develop cracks.
- anticrackingPreventing cracks in a structure.
- IsocrackingA process that uses catalysts to rearrange the existing molecules of heavy fuel oils to remove sulfur and convert low-value fuel oils into higher-yield products such as gasoline.
- macrocrackingthe formation of macrocracks
- safecrackingThe act of defeating the security mechanisms of a safe or vault to gain access to its contents.
- thermocrackingChemical cracking by heating.
- wisecrackingMaking many wisecracks.
- hydrocrackingThe production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
- gimcrackingpresent participle and gerund of gimcrack
- microcrackingpresent participle and gerund of microcrack