Cracking
Both words in one sentence
- Not one to be outdone, Bruce Lee starts cracking his back and shoulders which also helpfully causes his pecs and delts to pop out.
Source: Shirtless Scene / Film -
Farscape references this in "Dream a Little Dream" when Zhaan has a nightmare about Crichton floating in space, his spacesuit visor cracking, and his head going pop, Outland-style.
Source: Explosive Decompression -
Lighter and Softer: Ritchie Blackmore was hell-bent on cracking the US charts, so the band adopted a pop rock / AOR oriented sound after the three Dio-fronted albums.
Source: Music / Rainbow
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Pop or Cracking. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cracking/pop.
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