All wisecracking synonyms

verb wisecracking

• jape — to jest; joke; gibe.
• jest — a joke or witty remark; witticism.
• jive — swing music or early jazz.
• jolly — in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
• josh — a male given name, form of Joshua.
• mock — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
• needle — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
• play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• pun — the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
• rag — a musical composition in ragtime: a piano rag.
• revel — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
• rib — one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
• ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
• roast — to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
• spoof — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
• sport — an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
• taunt — to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
• trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
• wisecrack — a smart or facetious remark.
• horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
• kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
• put on — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
• comment — If you comment on something, you give your opinion about it or you give an explanation for it.
• remark — to say casually, as in making a comment: Someone remarked that tomorrow would be a warm day.
• declare — If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
• note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
• say — assay.
• animadvert — to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
• commentate — To commentate means to give a radio or television commentary on an event.
• mention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
• opine — Hold and state as one's opinion.
• state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
• mouth off — Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
• observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
• utter — to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce: unable to utter her feelings; Words were uttered in my hearing.
• behold — If you behold someone or something, you see them.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• crack — If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
• descry — to discern or make out; catch sight of
• espy — Catch sight of.
• heed — to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
• mark — Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
• perceive — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
• reflect — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
• regard — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
• see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
• speak — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
• spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
• make out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.