The phrase "a smart crack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a witty or clever remark, often made in a humorous or sarcastic context.
Example: "During the meeting, she made a smart crack about the budget cuts that had everyone laughing."
Alternatives: "a clever remark" or "a witty comment".
Some people, when things went wrong, just clenched their teeth and gave the timer a smart crack with a wrench.
To songwriters in America, "I love you" was still a simple declaration; to Cole Porter, musing among a complicated society of American expatriates, it was beginning to be a smart crack calling for a smart answer.
But I made a smart crack about getting too old for the gym and even stumbled off the van, earning some degree of concern from a couple of the staff.
But as funny as Isenstein's program can be, it's at least twice as smart, cracking wise about commodification (see: an arm and a leg), sculptural formalism, and long-held aesthetic conventions.
Tells how he made indiscreet smart cracks or told reporters what really happened in some smoke-filled room the night before.
And yes, I've made some plenty smart cracks about people on Social Security who milk it to the last degree.
The New Yorker, May 28 , 1927P. 15 Darrow tells newspapermen that he is tired of their smart cracks about his clothes because "I probably get them from better tailors and pay more money for them than most men.
By A. C. M. Azoy, James Thurber, and Harold Ross The New Yorker, May 28 , 1927P. 15 Darrow tells newspapermen that he is tired of their smart cracks about his clothes because "I probably get them from better tailors and pay more money for them than most men.
Here's that three-letter word in context, from his email to Ms. Carson: "... (Y es, I've made some plenty smart cracks about people on Social Security who milk it to the last degree.
Greg Gutfeld, whose previous credits include both Fox News Channel's overnight show and The Huffington Post where he blogged about his calf muscles and made hilariously smart cracks about Cenk Uygur's name, is evidently the designated jokester, d-bag and misogynist of the group.
A James Bond-like cartoon character has to type in answers on a smart wristwatch to crack enemy codes.
