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noun

ˈwīz-ˌkrak

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as in joke

something said or done to cause laughter a whispered wisecrack doubled them over in laughter

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verb

as in to joke

to make jokes wisecracked to hide his nervousness during the auditions

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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 Nearly every inch of the bar’s narrow interior is plastered with glowing beer logo signs, neon strip lights and posters jeering with bawdy bar jokes and wisecracks. —

Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025

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Danny Bonaduce, who played wisecracking middle child Danny, has been married to Amy Railsback since 2010. —

Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025 The film reunites the principal characters from the previous films, including arrogant ringleader J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), wisecracking mentalist Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), sleight-of-hand expert Jack Wilder (Dave Franco), and escape artist Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher). —

Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wisecrack

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But over the course of nine innings and a few beers, there is plenty of time to catch up, joke around, give each other a hard time.

— Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Last year, Carr warned broadcast stations after Kimmel made a joke about the response on the right to the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026