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kraken.

to crack, break open (a shell)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkraːkə(n)/
  1. to crack, break open (a shell)

    transitive
  2. to make a creaky sound, like something being cracked

    intransitive
  3. to break up into (chemical) components

    transitive
  4. to break someone mentally

    figuratively · transitive
  5. to solve a code

    figuratively · transitive
  6. to practise chiropractic (on a patient)

    figuratively · intransitive · transitive
  7. to squat (a building)

    figuratively · transitive
  8. to start (said of the day)

    intransitive
  9. with voor (“for”); to support a certain sports team or sportsperson

    Suriname · intransitive
    Ze kraakt voor Transvaal.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch crāken, from Old Dutch *krakon, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn. The sense "to support a sports team or sportsperson" is a semantic loan from Sranan Tongo kraka (“to support (with a wedge)”).

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