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tocrack en · VERB

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-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), equivalent to to- + crack.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) 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.

Forms

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tocracking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tocracked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tocracked Tense=Past lexicographic
tocracks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic