(dialectal or obsolete) The neck or throat.

(intransitive) To form cracks. / (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure. / (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material. / A narrow opening. / A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

Highly trained and competent. / Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

(obsolete) One who excels; the best.

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. / (US, dialect) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.

(transitive, intransitive) To extend (one's neck). / (transitive) To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane. / (intransitive) To pull up before a jump.

(obsolete) The cranium.

(derogatory) A child born to a mother who uses cocaine, especially crack cocaine, or any child with substance abuse related birth defects.

A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. / (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.