wisecrack

[ wahyz-krak ]

/ ˈwaɪzˌkræk /

Informal.

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noun

a smart or facetious remark.

verb (used without object)

to make wisecracks.

verb (used with object)

to say as a wisecrack.

OTHER WORDS FOR wisecrack

1 jest, witticism, quip.

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Origin of wisecrack

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; wise¹ + crack

OTHER WORDS FROM wisecrack

wisecracker, noun

Words nearby wisecrack

wisdom teeth, wisdom tooth, wise, wiseacre, wise-ass, wisecrack, wise guy, wisely, Wiseman, Wise Men, wisenheimer

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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|Time
Playing 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 Post
He reportedly made a wisecrack while Duke was playing jazz on a piano.
Did Doris Duke get away with murder?|Kathi Wolfe|April 28, 2021|Washington Blade
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|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|DAILY BEAST
He responds to serious criticism by a biting wisecrack or diversionary personal attack.
Harold Evans Responds to Murdoch|Harold Evans|April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
The Tea Partiers adore Sarah Palin because she reduces political questions to a kitchen-table wisecrack or a bedroom taunt.
A Kennedy Fleeing the Fight|Lee Siegel|February 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Freddy Farmer's comment on Dave's wisecrack was a pronounced snort.
Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal|Robert Sydney Bowen
Dawson started to make another wisecrack, but the deadly serious look on young Farmer's face stopped him.
Dave Dawson at Casablanca|Robert Sydney Bowen
His 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

wisecrack

/ (ˈwaɪzˌkræk) informal /

noun

a flippant gibe or sardonic remark

verb

to make a wisecrack

Derived forms of wisecrack

wisecracker, noun

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