The sound of thunder's like a whip,
one takes a stab and makes a quip;
uncaps a bottle, lights a pipe,
accessing files of private type;
a mental crisis, break of dawn,
can experts solve what's going on?
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Sounds like you're talking about a
crack
The sound of thunder's like a whip,
crack of thunder, crack a whip
one takes a stab and makes a quip;
give it a crack, crack a joke
uncaps a bottle, lights a pipe,
crack open, crack pipe
accessing files of private type;
crack a password
a mental crisis, break of dawn,
cracking up, crack of dawn
can experts solve what's going on
a crack team
answered Aug 20, 2019 at 12:55
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$\begingroup$ I might remove "up" from the mental crisis suggestion since your construct is usually more aligned with laughing. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 20, 2019 at 14:04
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3$\begingroup$ Also there is a use of this directly related to a whip, and "take a stab" (make an attempt) can also be described as "take a..." $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 20, 2019 at 17:40
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1$\begingroup$ @IanMacDonald The usage suggested here is common at least in British English. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 20, 2019 at 20:18
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1$\begingroup$ @DJClayworth Not only British. Just ask Green Day. Or am I just paranoid? $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 20, 2019 at 23:49