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  1. WISECRACK definition: 1. a funny and clever remark or joke: 2. to make a funny and clever remark or tell a joke : 3. a…. Learn more.

  2. Noun Someone in the theater was making wisecracks during the entire movie. a whispered wisecrack doubled them over in laughter Verb wisecracked to hide his nervousness during the auditions

  3. She returned his banter with interest: the others joined in and for a time everybody was wisecracking back and forth. From Project Gutenberg. His sense of humor might have got the better of him and brought forth a wisecrack or two. From Project Gutenberg. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

  4. Example Sentences. During an earlier safety lecture, one of the workers, Nick Fileccia, had made a few wisecracks. From Time. Playing Morrie Schwartz, a 78-year-old Brandeis University sociology professor with an ALS diagnosis and months to live, Russotto is effortlessly effervescent as his character doles out slices of life-affirming wisdom ...

  5. wisecrack. (waɪzkræk ) Word forms: plural wisecracks. countable noun. A wisecrack is a clever remark that is intended to be amusing, but is often rather unkind. The whole thing amuses him and there have been plenty of wisecracks.

  6. A wisecrack is a funny joke or a sarcastic remark that makes someone laugh. The class clown is usually famous for their wisecracks.

  7. wise·crack. (wīz′krăk′) Informal. n. A flippant or sarcastic remark. See Synonyms at joke. intr.v. wise·cracked, wise·crack·ing, wise·cracks. To make or utter a wisecrack. wise′crack′er n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.