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词汇 wisecrack
释义 wisecrack
noun[ C ]
 informaluk /ˈwaɪz.kræk/ us /ˈwaɪz.kræk/
a funny and clever remark or joke:
make a wisecrackHe made some wisecrack about my lack of culinary ability.他说了些俏皮话讽刺我不会烹调。
Synonyms
crack(JOKE)
quip
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Humour & humorous
amusingly
bitingly
blackly
bone dryidiom
bring
coruscating
drily
gag
geddit?
GSOH
jocose
lightly
mordancy
non-serious
pawky
photobomb
photobombing
rib
standing joke
wag

Related word


wisecracking
wisecrack
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˈwaɪz.kræk/ us /ˈwaɪz.kræk/
to make a funny and clever remark or tell a joke :
He spent most of the show wisecracking about the political situation.
When she told her brother she was getting married, he wisecracked: "Who to?"
She wisecracked that it was tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
Soon she was wisecracking about her employees and all the mistakes they had made.
The actor wisecracked that he had become a multimillionaire despite being neither handsome nor talented.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Humour & humorous
amusingly
bitingly
blackly
bone dryidiom
bring
coruscating
drily
gag
geddit?
GSOH
jocose
lightly
mordancy
non-serious
pawky
photobomb
photobombing
rib
standing joke
wag

wisecrack | American Dictionary


wisecrack
noun[ C ]
us/ˈwɑɪzˌkræk/
a remark that criticizes someone or something in a humorous way

Examples of wisecrack


wisecrack
By 1970 or thereabouts psychologists interested in animal learning had to cope with variations on the foregoing wisecrack that could be seriously applied to their own subject matter.
It is at best awkward, and at worst useless and embarrassing, to try to retrieve earlier talk for the purpose of making a wisecrack about that talk or off it.
He had passed a self-denying ordinance upon himself so far as wisecracks are concerned.
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I rather expected some wisecrack at that point.
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There is always some truth in wisecracks and legpulls.
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Instead, we only had wisecracks.
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We are now in danger of reversing the wisecrack and saying that for every 30 wanting to learn at least one will not be able to find a teacher.
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Hansard archive

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Reporters from most of the city's newspapers are passing the time with poker and pungent wisecracks about the news of the day.
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In a realm of aggressively anthropomorphic canines, some of whom, admittedly, have strong speech impediments, he does nt talk or wisecrack or engage in shenanigans.
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The book is written in an omniscient modern presence occasionally given to wisecracks, with extensive use of the continuous present.
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The four sat in a semicircle, played songs, and traded wisecracks.
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He was known for his accurate passing on the field and wisecracking off the field.
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Plautus scattered songs through his plays and increased the humor with puns and wisecracks, plus comic actions by the actors.
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He gets people to trust his judgment very easily and has a good, often wisecracking, sense of humor.
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He was usually the one coming out with the wisecracks.
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