wisecrack
a smart or facetious remark.
to make wisecracks.
to say as a wisecrack.
Origin of wisecrack
1Other words for wisecrack
Other words from wisecrack
- wisecracker, noun
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How to use wisecrack in a sentence
During an earlier safety lecture, one of the workers, Nick Fileccia, had made a few wisecracks.
The First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Could Be a Lifeline for Struggling New England Cities | Alejandro de la Garza/Martha's Vineyard, Mass. | November 29, 2021 | TimePlaying Morrie Schwartz, a 78-year-old Brandeis University sociology professor with an ALS diagnosis and months to live, Russotto is effortlessly effervescent as his character doles out slices of life-affirming wisdom and tension-cutting wisecracks.
Theater J’s tear-jerking two-hander ‘Tuesdays With Morrie’ imparts enduring life lessons | Thomas Floyd | November 18, 2021 | Washington PostHe reportedly made a wisecrack while Duke was playing jazz on a piano.
She talks like her daughter now; everyone does, in that speedy, all-knowing, wisecrack-spattered sitcom patois of Modern Family.
In Defense of American Apparel: Why a Hitched-Up Skirt Barely Conceals a Profound Social Confusion | Tim Teeman | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“He responds to serious criticism by a biting wisecrack or diversionary personal attack,” Evans added.
Sir Harold Evans Fights Back Against Rupert Murdoch at Leveson Inquiry | Mike Giglio | May 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
He responds to serious criticism by a biting wisecrack or diversionary personal attack.
An anecdote about a wisecrack that Lebowitz made at an event in support of Russian Jews is worth the price of admission.
Public Speaking: Martin Scorsese's Fran Lebowitz Doc | Ronald K. Fried | November 20, 2010 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Tea Partiers adore Sarah Palin because she reduces political questions to a kitchen-table wisecrack or a bedroom taunt.
Freddy Farmer's comment on Dave's wisecrack was a pronounced snort.
Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal | Robert Sydney BowenDawson started to make another wisecrack, but the deadly serious look on young Farmer's face stopped him.
Dave Dawson at Casablanca | Robert Sydney BowenHis sense of humor might have got the better of him and brought forth a wisecrack or two.
The Mystery at Dark Cedars | Edith Lavell
British Dictionary definitions for wisecrack
/ (ˈwaɪzˌkræk) informal /
a flippant gibe or sardonic remark
to make a wisecrack
Derived forms of wisecrack
- wisecracker, noun
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