All wisecracking synonyms
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W w noun wisecracking
- farce β a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- fun β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- humor β hacker humour
- satire β the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sitcom β situation comedy.
- ball β A ball is a round object that is used in games such as tennis, baseball, football, basketball, and cricket.
- burlesque β A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
- camp β A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
- comicality β the quality of being comical
- drollery β something whimsically amusing or funny.
- facetiousness β (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- funnies β providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a funny remark; a funny person.
- funniness β providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a funny remark; a funny person.
- grins β Plural form of grin.
- hilarity β cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- hoopla β bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- humorousness β (uncountable) The state or quality of being humorous.
- interlude β an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
- laughs β Plural form of laugh.
- merry-go-round β Also called carousel, carrousel. (in amusement parks, carnivals, etc.) a revolving, circular platform with wooden horses or other animals, benches, etc., on which people may sit or ride, usually to the accompaniment of mechanical or recorded music.
- picnic β PEBCAK
- schtick β shtick.
- slapstick β broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.
- takeoff β a taking or setting off; the leaving of the ground, as in leaping or in beginning a flight in an airplane.
- travesty β a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- vaudeville β theatrical entertainment consisting of a number of individual performances, acts, or mixed numbers, as by comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, and magicians. Compare variety (def 9).
- witticism β a witty remark or sentence.
- wittiness β possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression: a witty writer.
- chaffing β good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
- comicalness β The state or quality of being comical.
- drollness β The quality of being odd or comical.
- field day β a day devoted to outdoor sports or athletic contests, as at a school.
- fun and games β frivolously diverting activity.
- high time β the appropriate time or past the appropriate time: It's high time he got out of bed.
- jesting β a joke or witty remark; witticism.
- joking β something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- play on β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- send-up β an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
verb wisecracking
- kid β Thomas, 1558β94, English dramatist.
- tease β to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- banter β Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
- laugh β to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- quip β a clever or witty remark or comment.
- chaff β Chaff is the outer part of grain such as wheat. It is removed before the grain is used as food.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- deride β If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
- fool β to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- frolic β merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- gambol β to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.