as in joked
to make jokes
wisecracked to hide his nervousness during the auditions
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Recent Examples of wisecracked
Maya wisecracked that everybody already knew the cure for homosexuality—fame.
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wisecracked
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Officer buys some time Meanwhile, outside the McDonald’s, Detwiler called Hanelly – his boss who had joked about the hoagie – to ask him to come to the restaurant.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
9 Dec. 2025
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Wagner joked that the couple never went on a cruise because all of their travel was dedicated to buying more nutcrackers.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
9 Dec. 2025
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Levie quipped that the conversation required a kind of doublethink.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
26 Nov. 2025
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Rzeznik quipped after the rapturous applause from the NPR staff.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Wisecracked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wisecracked. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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