as in joke
something said or done to cause laughter
a whispered wisecrack doubled them over in laughter
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as in to joke
to make jokes
wisecracked to hide his nervousness during the auditions
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Recent Examples of wisecrack
Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025
While the rest of the baseball world was exchanging pranks, put-ons, and wisecracks, the cracks got bigger in a foundation that looks like it was shaken, not stirred – as James Bond used to say in ordering a martini.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
In the first season, the actress, singer, and activist stole countless scenes as the wisecracking resident drag host at the show’s central gay bar.
—Michael Cuby, Them., 31 Mar. 2025
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Noun
And while there are wisecracks and blandly humorous asides here and there (most of them delivered by Pratt, who to his credit does give it his discount Harrison Ford best), the Russos mostly play it straight.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025
While the rest of the baseball world was exchanging pranks, put-ons, and wisecracks, the cracks got bigger in a foundation that looks like it was shaken, not stirred – as James Bond used to say in ordering a martini.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
But before any of those roles, there was Chris Knight, Kilmer’s endlessly wisecracking character in 1985’s Real Genius.
—Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
In the first season, the actress, singer, and activist stole countless scenes as the wisecracking resident drag host at the show’s central gay bar.
—Michael Cuby, Them., 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wisecrack
Noun
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She was raised in a society—a West Indian society—that did not put much of a premium on women’s bodies, where any kind of intimacy was a joke.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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And yet the world is too driven by algorithms, too fragmented in its tastes, to ever be on the same page again and get the same jokes.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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One of those was a visit from Hall of Fame Cubs pitcher Fergie Jenkins, an admittedly tough sell for her grandfather, a White Sox fan, Anderson quipped.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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Ford started his speech by quipping about his recent stumble down the steps of Air Force One during a visit to Salzburg, Austria.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
10 June 2025
Noun
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Friday’s Resident Alien had it all: uproarious laughs, romance, heartbreak and a whole lot of vomit.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
28 June 2025
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And in a company which faithfully recreates stiff 18th-century acting conventions, McCormack’s unapologetically sassy Semira was a welcome change of pace, drawing the afternoon’s biggest laughs.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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“Wisecrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wisecrack. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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