crack a joke

crack a joke

To say something funny; to tell a joke. The teacher scolded me for cracking a joke in the middle of class.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

crack a joke

to tell a joke. She's never serious. She's always cracking jokes. Every time Tom cracked a joke, his buddies broke up laughing.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

crack a joke

Make a joke, say something humorous, as in You can count on Grandpa to crack a joke on every occasion. This expression uses the verb to crack in the now obsolete sense of "briskly pronounce" or "boast." [Early 1700s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

crack a ˈjoke

tell a joke: He’s always cracking jokes in class.
See also: crack, joke
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • get beyond a joke
  • be/get/go beyond a joke
  • lame joke
  • in on the joke
  • running joke
  • inside joke
  • it's not funny
  • it isn't funny
  • (hardy) har har
  • folk
References in periodicals archive
"Not really, but it is not a comedy film, where you have a desire to crack a joke in every line," said Sharda.
This doesn't mean you have to crack a joke every five minutes, but it does mean you should be in a good mood when you flirt.
A source at the base said: "Of course people are going to have a beer and crack a joke about the President's problems, but to be told they face a court martial is ridiculous.
"They have been around for decades and, technically, if someone did crack a joke about the President in a public place, they could indeed face a court martial.''
Clearly, Carrie never met Neeti Palta, Vasu Primlani, Aditi Mittal and Radhika Vaz, who can give men a run for their money, as they go up on stage to crack a joke or two.