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Based on dictionary definition here(#10) I know that the word "cracK" is a transitive verb, hence I should be able to make a sentence like the one bellow:

  • He is a very funny guy. He cracks us a hundred jokes a day.

Unfortunately, I didn't find even a single example on the internet where this verb has been used transitively.

I need to know how a native would say my self-made sentence?

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    He is not cracking us; us is not a direct object here. Compare He bakes us 100 pies a day. The direct object is 100 pies. Aug 24, 2016 at 13:29

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"crack a joke" is an idiomatic expression. The verb "crack" is still transitive in this case; the object of crack is "a joke".

Your sentence would best be expressed as

He cracks a hundred jokes a day for us

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  • It would be the same in the present.
    – eques
    Aug 24, 2016 at 13:26
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My answer would be anecdotal and without a proper grammatical founding, but I would say "He cracks a hundred jokes a day" leaving out the pronoun "us" as implied.

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