"crack wise" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cracks wise",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracking wise",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracked wise",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracked wise",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "crack wise (third-person singular simple present cracks wise, present participle cracking wise, simple past and past participle cracked wise)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1917, George Bronson-Howard, Slaves of the Lamp",
          "text": "\"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?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985 August 5, Jacob V. Lamar Jr., “Coming Along Just Fine”, in Time",
          "text": "Reagan displayed his usual aplomb and even cracked wise about his age at a White House banquet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a sarcastic, flippant, or sardonic comment."
      ],
      "id": "en-crack_wise-en-verb-9JyiLpHf",
      "links": [
        [
          "sarcastic",
          "sarcastic"
        ],
        [
          "flippant",
          "flippant"
        ],
        [
          "sardonic",
          "sardonic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To make a sarcastic, flippant, or sardonic comment."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "wisecrack"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "crack wise"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cracks wise",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracking wise",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracked wise",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cracked wise",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "crack wise (third-person singular simple present cracks wise, present participle cracking wise, simple past and past participle cracked wise)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1917, George Bronson-Howard, Slaves of the Lamp",
          "text": "\"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?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985 August 5, Jacob V. Lamar Jr., “Coming Along Just Fine”, in Time",
          "text": "Reagan displayed his usual aplomb and even cracked wise about his age at a White House banquet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a sarcastic, flippant, or sardonic comment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sarcastic",
          "sarcastic"
        ],
        [
          "flippant",
          "flippant"
        ],
        [
          "sardonic",
          "sardonic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To make a sarcastic, flippant, or sardonic comment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "wisecrack"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crack wise"
}