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wisecrack Definition

wise·crack (-krak′)

noun

Slang a flippant or facetious remark, often a gibe or retort

intransitive verb

Slang to make a wisecrack or wisecracks

transitive verb

Slang to say as a wisecrack

wisecrack Related Forms
wise·crack′er noun
wisecrack Usage Examples

Object

  • sidekick: There he is found by Pumbaa, a friendly warthog, and his wisecracking meerkat sidekick Timon.
  • man: Capacity around 120 reckoned Mark the inhouse wisecracking camera man.
  • style: His natural, wisecracking style make him an endearing hero whose adventures are closely followed by millions around the world.
  • detective: Marlowe is a hard-boiled, wisecracking detective with a big streak of integrity down his spine and with a moral code of his own.
  • teenager: It's always refreshing to see a contemporary horror movie that avoids the " post-modernist " disease that is the wisecracking know-it-all teenager.
  • guy: He's a laid back, wisecracking guy who always strives to do the right thing.

Converse of object

  • make: Reeve is anything but portentous, and even makes an occasional wisecrack at the expense of more self important environmental dystopias.
  • deliver: Certainly, Wrather is brash and can deliver the wisecracks but Roslin perhaps needs to be even more annoyingly fussy and snooty.
  • keep: And she always keeps a few special wisecracks aside whenever Maritza gets to big for her boots!

Adjective modifier

  • visual: Verbal slapstick, visual wisecracks and vertiginous melodrama combine in this very funny staging of the unstageable.
  • few: And she always keeps a few special wisecracks aside whenever Maritza gets to big for her boots!