wisecracknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwaɪz.kræk/us/ˈwaɪz.kræk/informala funny remark, especially one that criticizes someone:
He made some wisecrack about my lack of culinary ability.
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Humour & humorous
- a bundle of laughs idiom
- amusing
- blackly
- bring
- bundle
- crack
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- gallows humour
- jocular
- jokester
- josh
- killing
- lambent
- laugh
- sarcasm
- tickle
- witty
- wordplay
- you've got to laugh idiom
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wisecracking
noun [ U ], adjective [ before noun ] uk/ˈwaɪz.kræk.ɪŋ/us/ˈwaɪz.kræk.ɪŋ/
Sadly, despite the relentless wisecracking, there's very little plot to carry this film.