Wondering how to use Wisecrack in a sentence? Below are 8 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as remark or comment.
Wisecrack meaning
A witty or sarcastic comment or quip.
Using Wisecrack
- The main meaning on this page is: A witty or sarcastic comment or quip.
- Useful related words include: remark, comment, crack, sally.
- In the example corpus, wisecrack often appears in combinations such as: the wisecrack, to wisecrack.
Context around Wisecrack
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wisecrack
- In this selection, "wisecrack" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, crow, didn and commentary stand out and add context to how "wisecrack" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and crow wisecrack and mock and for the wisecrack. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wisecrack" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wisecrack
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When the wisecrack didn't quite land, the musician began tweeting about the importance of mental health. (17 words)
It was the terrible day of the wisecrack, so there didn't have to be any truth.. (17 words)
A young Steve Martin used to wisecrack on stage that he had been at home doing terrible things to his dog with a fork. (24 words)
As the movie plays, Joel, Tom Servo, and Crow wisecrack and mock the movie — a practice they often referred to as "riffing" — to prevent themselves from going mad. (28 words)
It was a time when Warners was starting to upstage Disney with a wilder, more sophisticated style built on speed, vitality and a passion for the wisecrack. (27 words)
Aboyún kì í tọ̀ kọ́ mọ ínu ẹ b’ọlẹ, a wisecrack in Yoruba, literally saying, a pregnant woman will not urinate and experience a miscarriage. (26 words)
You really think now's the time to wisecrack about anything to do with cancer, two months after Stephen lost his daughter to lymphoma? (24 words)
Example sentences (8)
Aboyún kì í tọ̀ kọ́ mọ ínu ẹ b’ọlẹ, a wisecrack in Yoruba, literally saying, a pregnant woman will not urinate and experience a miscarriage.
A young Steve Martin used to wisecrack on stage that he had been at home doing terrible things to his dog with a fork.
When the wisecrack didn't quite land, the musician began tweeting about the importance of mental health.
It was a time when Warners was starting to upstage Disney with a wilder, more sophisticated style built on speed, vitality and a passion for the wisecrack.
You really think now's the time to wisecrack about anything to do with cancer, two months after Stephen lost his daughter to lymphoma?
As the movie plays, Joel, Tom Servo, and Crow wisecrack and mock the movie — a practice they often referred to as "riffing" — to prevent themselves from going mad.
It was the terrible day of the wisecrack, so there didn't have to be any truth..
With its jazz sophistication, pop music and blues influence, plus improvised scat and wisecrack commentary by Wills, the band became the first superstars of the genre.
Common combinations with wisecrack
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the wisecrack 3×
- to wisecrack 2×