Thesaurus results for QUIPSTER

quipster

noun

Definition of quipster

as in wisecracker

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Recent Examples of quipster This is not this quipster’s first time at the reality-television rodeo. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026 A lot of actors could have played him as a sardonic quipster. — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023 Norman Gee makes a wry quipster as the fool Touchstone and doubles as Orlando’s aged and weary servant Adam, whose role is considerably cut back. — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019 But as the quipster tells it, the purpose of his humor isn't to offend. — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2018

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Noun

Perry was best known for playing lovable wisecracker Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom Friends, and also starred in films like Fools Rush In and 17 Again.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025

Definition of wisecracker

Noun

Always a prankster, Diana particularly loved when the press reported that her budget costume jewelry was real.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
Even Stevens was never afraid to go all out for its constant string of gags and jokes, led by Shia LaBeouf as the immature prankster Louis Stevens.

— Christian Holub, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026

Definition of prankster

Noun

Yet as a child he was considered more clever than cutup.

— Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Such systems also house analytics programming, sections where mock drafts are monitored to gauge external chatter about players, video libraries of film cutups, charts with testing results and more advanced metrics such as play speed.

— Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Definition of cutup

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Impacciatore, however, is a gifted, full-throttle comedienne who makes sure Esmerelda is much more than a villain.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Dan grew up with O'Hara, as his father and the comedienne began a fruitful creative collaboration shortly after meeting each other at Toronto's Second City Theater in the 1970s.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of comedienne

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Lasso, in his initial introduction to audiences, wasn’t the warm, pun-loving, inspirational coach audiences would eventually embrace through Apple +, but a slightly arrogant buffoon parodying the average American sports fan.

— Charles Moss, New York Times, 24 June 2026
There's the aforementioned spinoff — which aired on NBC after debuting on Peacock — and The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, the great new comedy in which Tracy Morgan plays a buffoon who isn't that dissimilar from Michael Scott.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026

Definition of buffoon

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Two years after Apple TV announced production on the first-ever series adaptation of William Gibson’s seminal 1984 novel Neuromancer, the lucky few hundred who attended the studio’s Hall H panel at Comic-Con 2026 got to watch the first teaser.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 July 2026
The teaser itself doesn’t deliver any real surprises to anyone familiar with the story, but that’s just one minute of footage.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 26 July 2026

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