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wisecracking
adjective as in facetious
Weak matches
- amusing
- blithe
- capering
- clever
- comic
- comical
- droll
- dry
- fanciful
- farcical
- flip
- flippant
- frivolous
- funny
- humorous
- indecorous
- ironic
- irreverent
- jesting
- jocose
- jocular
- joking
- joshing
- laughable
- ludicrous
- merry
- not serious
- playful
- pleasant
- pulling one's leg
- punning
- putting one on
- ridiculous
- salty
- sarcastic
- satirical
- smart
- sportive
- sprightly
- waggish
- whimsical
- witty
- wry
adjective as in tongue-in-cheek
noun as in comedy
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Here again is that combination of lightly developed workplace issues, romantic complications and wisecracking banter one finds in most every broadcast procedural, a formula that can keep viewers watching for years.
In “Crying Inside,” for example, he sings, “I’ve been wisecracking like the good old days / but pretty soon I’m going to slip away.”
The puppeteer even hallucinates seeing Eric standing next to him, wisecracking and poking holes in his ego - because "puppets say the things we can't".
“Not yet. Roho didn’t start out as a monster, no. I’d bet he was once a wisecracking, reckless kid. Only difference is, no one stopped him ahead of time.”
Once again starring Jack Black as the gullible martial arts master Po, the animated film melds together wisecracking comedy and sprightly action sequences with a message of kindness, inner peace and self-discovery.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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