| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| wisecrack |
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| SYLLABICATION: | wise·crack |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  w z kr k |
| NOUN: | Slang A flippant, typically sardonic remark or retort. See synonyms at joke. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: wise·cracked, wise·crack·ing, wise·cracks
To make or utter a wisecrack. | | OTHER FORMS: | wisecracker —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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