crack wise
verb1
To make a sarcastic, flippant, or sardonic comment.
- "Whenever I commit a crime?" expostulated Paul. "Where do you get that stuff, Ferret?" / "Out of me nut, kiddo. Why don't you stop cracking wise, and go back to the ribbon counter?"1917, George Bronson-Howard, Slaves of the Lamp:
- Reagan displayed his usual aplomb and even cracked wise about his age at a White House banquet.1985 August 5, Jacob V. Lamar Jr., “Coming Along Just Fine”, in Time:
- Related terms
- wiseacre, wiseass, wisecracker, wiseguy