wisecracked; wisecracking; wisecracks
: to make a wisecrack
wisecracker
noun
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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Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Boys in blue training kits gather in pockets of shade and trade wisecracks.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Danny Bonaduce, who played wisecracking middle child Danny, has been married to Amy Railsback since 2010.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Chock-full of laugh-out-loud quips and wisecracks, Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski and Cheryl Hines also join in on the fun in the boisterous 2017 sequel to the 2016 original Bad Moms.
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Boys in blue training kits gather in pockets of shade and trade wisecracks.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
Alongside him were Erin Gray as Wilma Deering and the wisecracking robot Twiki as Rogers navigated a domed, futuristic Earth filled with alien threats and the menacing Draconians.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Danny Bonaduce, who played wisecracking middle child Danny, has been married to Amy Railsback since 2010.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
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“Wisecrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wisecrack. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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