wisecracking

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adjective

Making many wisecracks.

“a wisecracking narrator”

UncommonScrabble 24

Meanings

adjectivewisecracking (comparative more wisecracking, superlative most wisecracking)

comparative more wisecracking · superlative most wisecracking

  1. Making many wisecracks.

    a wisecracking narrator

    1 more example

    In his new animated film, Jerry Seinfeld plays Barry B. Benson, a wisecracking, moony-eyed, charmingly petulant New York honeybee who doesn't want to spend his days as a worker bee stuck on the honeymaking assembly line.

    2007 November 13, Natalie Angier, “In Hollywood Hives, the Males Rule”, in The New York Times
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wisecrack

Translations

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APA

wisecracking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wisecracking

MLA

“wisecracking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wisecracking. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wisecracking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wisecracking.

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