as in joking
to make jokes
wisecracked to hide his nervousness during the auditions
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Recent Examples of wisecracking
Jack Dunn, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Rising to Early Fame Bruce Willis rose to stardom opposite Cybill Shepherd in his Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning role as wisecracking detective David Addison on the dramedy Moonlighting, which aired from 1985 to 1989.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Gunn was asked if Robbie would return to play the deadly, wisecracking antihero in future DC projects.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Rising to Early Fame Bruce Willis rose to stardom opposite Cybill Shepherd in his Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning role as wisecracking detective David Addison on the dramedy Moonlighting, which aired from 1985 to 1989.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wisecracking
Verb
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Mackey reached out to Warren Buffett, who declined, joking about the poor brand fit between his Dairy Queen ownership and his junk food preferences.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Altman wasn't joking about the price of politeness.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Boys in blue training kits gather in pockets of shade and trade wisecracks.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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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
Verb
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Instead, criticism comes to feel just like bantering at a bar.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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Jean followed her gaze out the window, to where Wole was bantering with Jean’s brother Sylvester and Jerrald and some of Jerrald’s cousins who’d been staying with them since Katrina, the summer before.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Spoiler alert: Her answers are, characteristically, laugh-out-loud funny.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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Vice President Vance, who called the video funny, said sombrero memes would end if Jeffries ends the shutdown.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Spurrier had his quips come out of his mouth as opposed to Kiffin, who seems to be at his best on social media.—
Bruce Feldman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Lundgren spoke about leadership and teamwork, but not before managing one quip.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In both films, Jarmusch strips away the ironic detachment and deadpan drollery that were part of his signature in the earlier movies that earned him a prominent spot on the American indie map.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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He is played by Ethan Hawke, a mainstay of Linklater’s movies, in a remarkable amalgam of bitterness, exuberance, drollery, tenderness, frustration, and tremendous artistic passion.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Perhaps the only thing Gore Vidal enjoyed more than dispensing witticisms—or sipping a Macallan single malt—was being photographed.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
27 Sep. 2025
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Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism: Go f--- yourself.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Newlyweds Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco made their first appearance as a married couple at the event — sneaking off right after taking their carpet photos — while Demi Moore and Lucy Liu shared some laughs on the photo line, and Scorsese and Ben Stiller each brought their daughters as dates.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Oct. 2025
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Its interconnected tales, which evoke campfire stories and urban legends, wring morbid laughs and genuine scares in much the same fashion as Tales From the Crypt.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Wisecracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wisecracking. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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