"crack off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cracks off [present, singular, third-person], cracking off [participle, present], cracked off [participle, past], cracked off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} crack off (third-person singular simple present cracks off, present participle cracking off, simple past and past participle cracked off)
  1. (transitive, slang) To shoot a gun. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-crack_off-en-verb-3RyRm727 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
  2. (transitive, slang) To tell a joke; to be witty. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-crack_off-en-verb-4N9SptTl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: crack one off
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