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crack a smile en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To smile, especially while attempting not to.
    • I, I tried / To be complacent for a while / It got hard to crack a smile 2020, Dana Foote, “Wrath”, in Party Favors, performed by Sir Chloe:
    • Life is a gamble, we scramble for money I might crack a smile, but ain't a damn thing funny 1995, Mobb Deep featuring Nas and Raekwon, “Eye for a Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)”, in The Infamous:
  2. (idiomatic) To begin to smile.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cracks a smile Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cracked a smile Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cracked a smile Tense=Past lexicographic
cracking a smile Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

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