Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flippant or sarcastic remark. synonym: joke.
- intransitive verb To make or utter a wisecrack.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
witty orsarcastic comment orquip . - verb To make a sarcastic,
flippant , orsardonic comment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
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Examples
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When he digs into the family conflicts, he stays a bit on the surface, though as someone raised to believe the wisecrack is the highest form of human expression, it's a bit hard for me to complain.
Baristanet 2009
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When he digs into the family conflicts, he stays a bit on the surface, though as someone raised to believe the wisecrack is the highest form of human expression, it's a bit hard for me to complain.
Baristanet 2009
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When he digs into the family conflicts, he stays a bit on the surface, though as someone raised to believe the wisecrack is the highest form of human expression, it's a bit hard for me to complain.
Baristanet 2009
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Right, the news here is that McCain and his wife bantered playfully -- and that McCain made a "wisecrack" about cigarettes.
Associated Press Air-Brushes Away McCain's Joke About Killing Iranians 2009
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Right, the news here is that McCain and his wife bantered playfully -- and that McCain made a "wisecrack" about cigarettes.
Associated Press Air-Brushes Away McCain's Joke About Killing Iranians 2009
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Right, the news here is that McCain and his wife bantered playfully -- and that McCain made a "wisecrack" about cigarettes.
Iran 2009
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He uses paradox, proverb, exaggeration, parable, irony; even I mean no irreverence the "wisecrack".
Archive 2008-01-01 Arevanye 2008
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He uses paradox, proverb, exaggeration, parable, irony; even I mean no irreverence the "wisecrack".
He Will Not Be Pinned Down Arevanye 2008
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"You'd be talking and he'd come off with some kind of wisecrack," Myers recalled.
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"You'd be talking and he'd come off with some kind of wisecrack," Myers recalled.
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