- crack\ a\ joke
- v. phr. informalTo make a joke; tell a joke.
The men sat around the stove, smoking and cracking jokes.
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crack\ a\ joke
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crack a joke — To utter a joke with some effect • • • Main Entry: ↑crack * * * crack a joke informal phrase to tell a joke He was very relaxed, smiling and cracking jokes. Thesaurus: to tell a joke or jokessynony … Useful english dictionary
crack a joke — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make a joke; tell a joke. * /The men sat around the stove, smoking and cracking jokes./ … Dictionary of American idioms
crack a joke — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make a joke; tell a joke. * /The men sat around the stove, smoking and cracking jokes./ … Dictionary of American idioms
crack a joke — tell a joke, say a funny word or phrase Please be serious. Don t crack jokes or laugh at us … English idioms
crack a joke — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. joke, jest, quip; see joke … English dictionary for students
crack a joke — play a joke … English contemporary dictionary
crack a joke — tell a joke He was a lot of fun at the party because he was always cracking jokes … Idioms and examples
crack a joke — informal to tell a joke He was very relaxed, smiling and cracking jokes … English dictionary
Crack (craic) — Crack or craic is fun, enjoyment, abandonment, or lighthearted mischief; often in the context of drinking or music . [Oxford English Dictionary crack (noun) sense I.5.c] This sense of the word crack is found in Irish English, Scottish English,… … Wikipedia
Crack — (kr[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cracked} (kr[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cracking}.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to rattle, or perh. of imitative origin … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
