Crack and Explain

Crack

Crack verb - To break suddenly with an explosive sound.

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Explain and crack are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Crack".

Nearby Words: cracked, cracking, crackle, cracker, crackled

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Crack and explain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crack" instead a verb "Explain".

We also hear Vanthilt explain many things to Dutch viewers that nowadays are well known, like crack cocain, for instance.

Source: Film / Big Fun in the Big Town
The best (and most amusing) example of this trope is perhaps the segment on marshmallow cookies; eventually the narrator just has to crack a joke about how much of the process they aren't allowed to explain because the company won't let them.

Source: Series / How It's Made
Don't Explain the Joke: Johnny tells Ben that they didn't need an explanation behind his crack about waiting until "Doomsday" for their next confrontation with Doctor Doom.

Source: Western Animation / The Fantastic Four (1967)

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