Wise-cracking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wise-cracking is an adjective meaning Alternative form of wisecracking.
Meaning
Alternative form of wisecracking.
Example Sentences
With a low budget and limited resources, he’s able to expertly mimic the styles of bigger productions, as in a cafeteria number featuring students dancing and stomping on the tables with tricky Broadway-friendly choreography provided by Sarah Swire, who also plays Steph, a wise-cracking, world-weary American kid abandoned by her wealthy parents.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include side-splitting, smartarsed, crazy-pants, smart-allecky, crack-a-jack, sharpwitted.
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