Wisecracking

adj, verb

adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of wisecrack form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Making many wisecracks.

    "a wisecracking narrator"

Example

More examples

"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."

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