wisecracked; wisecracking; wisecracks
: to make a wisecrack
wisecracker
noun
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Examples of wisecrack in a Sentence
Noun
Someone in the theater was making wisecracks during the entire movie.
a whispered wisecrack doubled them over in laughter
Verb
wisecracked to hide his nervousness during the auditions
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Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 2 May 2024
There's a touching, deeply philosophical movie here under the witchy wisecracks and genuine scares — a heartbreaking examination of the ways in which grief and loss are their own hauntings, far more frightening and paralyzing than things that go bump in the night.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 July 2023
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Noun
Pain banters a bit between songs, countering his bombshell performance with his usual self-effacing wisecracks.
—Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 2 May 2024
There's a touching, deeply philosophical movie here under the witchy wisecracks and genuine scares — a heartbreaking examination of the ways in which grief and loss are their own hauntings, far more frightening and paralyzing than things that go bump in the night.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 July 2023
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“Wisecrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wisecrack. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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