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CRACK A JOKE definition: to tell a joke: . Learn more.
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CRACK A JOKE meaning: to tell a joke: . Learn more.
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CRACK A JOKE 의미, 정의, CRACK A JOKE의 정의: to tell a joke: . 자세히...
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- English (US)
CRACK A JOKE meaning: to tell a joke: . Learn more.
Crack a Joke Meaning. Definition: To say something humorous. Origin of Crack a Joke. This exact origin of this expression is unclear. The word crack itself comes from before the year 1000. It initially meant to resound. Joke comes from the 1600s and derives from the Latin word for jest.
(dʒoʊk) countable noun B1. A joke is something that is said or done to make you laugh, for example a funny story. [...] See full entry for 'joke' . Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. COBUILD Collocations. crack a joke. crack a case.
To say something funny; to tell a joke. The teacher scolded me for cracking a joke in the middle of class. We sat around cracking jokes until the early hours of the morning. When I get nervous, I start cracking jokes, which isn't exactly ideal in the middle of giving a grad school presentation. I hope I the professor doesn't take points off.
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]
• They crack jokes, laughing and shouting. • When he cracks a joke or whatever he does in front of the class, he just turn round and laugh. • We all cracked jokes over the intercom and talked about what we were going to do. • I cracked jokes, told stories, performed little tricks with the silverware.
