Broke something without splitting it completely; or having lines of breaks or damage.
From Middle English 'craken,' possibly from Old English 'cracian' meaning 'to crack.' Related to onomatopoeia—the sound a crack makes helped define the word.
Cracked might actually be onomatopoetic—the word kind of sounds like the brittle breaking sound it describes, which is why so many languages have similar-sounding crack words!
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