Crack is a term for crack cocaine. An abused stimulant drug. The drug causes you to be wild and stimulated. So the term, " being on Crack" is a slang term, meaning , yes the person is acting crazy, wildly out of control as if under the influence of crack cocaine. Getting crack would be a verb form of obtaining the drug itself. Now... I see you found an interesting English word that uses another phrase, " Get Cracking !! " is a completely !!!! different use of the word crack. Wow, how did you find this stuff ?? Haha.. Get cracking is just a slang phrase that means , indeed what you said, " get moving quickly " I can not tell you the etiology of that phrase, but its old English slang term, not related to the drug crack !! Confused ?? I am now...