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单词 crick-crack
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crick-crackn.int.adv.

Brit. /ˈkrɪkˌkrak/, U.S. /ˈkrɪkˌkræk/
Forms: 1600s– crick-crack, 1800s– cric-crac (chiefly U.S.).
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: crack n.
Etymology: Apparently a reduplication (with vowel variation) of crack n., perhaps with imitative motivation, the higher vowel being intended to convey a sharper cracking sound; compare crick v.1, and also crickle-crackle n., crickling n.1, crickle v. Compare Middle French, French cric crac (c1500), and Dutch krikkrak (17th cent.).
A. n.
A repeated sharp cracking sound.In quot. 1600 perhaps = cracker n. 6.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > crack or snap
crackingc1290
cracka1400
crickling1584
crick-crack1600
snap1611
snapping1812
crickle1914
1600 Maydes Metamorphosis ii. sig. C3v They come of crick-cracks, and shake their tayles like a squib.
?1787 Artist's Repository & Drawing Mag. 2 17 The crick crack of his knotted whip.
1860 D. M. M. Craik Our Year 163 Those creatures, who walk upright, and Make crick-cracks as they go.
1930 J. H. Preston Gentleman Rebel xii.138 There is a terrific crick-crack of rifles, but they are firing too high.
2002 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 26 June f7 Now and then there was the crick-crack of some creature walking in the bush.
B. int.
Representing a repeated sharp cracking sound.
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1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Crispans Crepitus crispans, a sowne or noyse goying by stoppes: as, cricke, cracke, crocke: ticke, tacke, etc.]
1770 I. Bickerstaff 'Tis Well it's no Worse i. i. 14 I followed—crick, crack—whip and spur, through thick and thin.
1846 C. Dickens in Daily News 21 Jan. 6/6 Bump, jolt, crack, bump, crick-crack; round the corner, up the narrow street, down the paved hill on the other side.
1962 R. Ruark Uhuru ii. 146 That steel nozzle just under the left ear and crick-crack—finish.
2000 L. Levi Journey as Wire Bend 3 ‘Monkey break he back,’ said Percy. ‘Crick-Crack. Crick-Crack.’
C. adv.
With a sharp, cracking sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [adverb] > crack or snap
snap1583
crack1767
crick-crack1835
1835 Dublin Univ. Mag. Mar. 268/2 Then, his whip, like a long whipping- top lash, which goes crick-crack perpetually round the faded blue, copper-laced jacket.
1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. viii. 166 Her dress caught in a twig, and crick-crack went ‘the abominable thing’.
1994 I. Khan in S. Brown & J. Wickham Oxf. Bk. Caribbean Short Stories (1999) 112 The cart going crick-crack, the donkey going clip-clop clip-clop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

crick-crackv.

Brit. /ˈkrɪkˌkrak/, U.S. /ˈkrɪkˌkræk/
Forms: 1800s cric-crac, 1800s– crick-crack.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: crick-crack int.
Etymology: < crick-crack int. Compare Dutch krikkrakken . Compare earlier crick-crackle v.In form cric-crac after French cric crac, interjection (see crick-crack n., int., and adv.).
Now rare.
intransitive. To emit a repeated sharp cracking sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > crackle
brastlec1000
rashetOE
spranklea1387
sprinklea1398
graislea1522
crash1563
crackle?1570
crick-crackle1608
decrepitate1677
crump1789
happer1825
crumple1837
crickle1849
crick-crack1850
crepitate1853
1850 Amer. Whig Rev. Feb. 167/1 We..ere now crick-cracking along in the crazy old cabriolet.
1856 S. T. Dobell Eng. in Time of War 16 Hear his pistol cric-crac! hear his rifle ping-pang!
1870 Belfast News-let. 31 May They then visited my hands, and made every finger and knuckle joint crick-crack.
2005 V. L. Thompson Nerd gone Wild (2006) iv. 45 Between Clyde's metal taps crick-cracking on the bar and the blare of the jukebox,no one would hear her if she kept the conversation low.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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