wisecracker

noun

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  1. quipster
  2. wiseacre
  3. prankster
  4. wiseass
  5. cutup
  6. wise guy
  7. comedienne
  8. buffoon
Noun
  • A lot of actors could have played him as a sardonic quipster.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Norman Gee makes a wry quipster as the fool Touchstone and doubles as Orlando’s aged and weary servant Adam, whose role is considerably cut back.
    Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
Definition of quipster
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  • Similarly, the Pink Ladies, a popular clique headed by Rizzo (Stockard Channing), deliver their wiseacre lines with a fair dose of irony.
    Vogue, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Mark Kelly The boat, the train and the paradigm shift were all missed by Apple, according to the wiseacres.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 6 June 2023
Definition of wiseacre
Noun
  • Such worms took on the characterization of a prankster, like the WANK (Worms Against Nuclear Killers), which plagued NASA computers with pacifist messages in 1989 and deceived users into believing their files were being deleted.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
  • However, his wife (Constance Wu) has other plans, going toe-to-toe with neighborhood pranksters to keep her investment property in pristine condition.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of prankster
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  • But since the emergence of a kinder, gentler Deadpool in the wiseass character’s first stand-alone movie, Wade has carried on a long-distance flirtation with Wolverine.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
  • His expression was again lightly sardonic: a Jewish wiseass, a natural resister and conspirator, one maybe even handicapped in that role by looking too much the part.
    John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Definition of wiseass
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  • Martinez was looking at cutups Monday morning of 6-6, 20-year-old right-hander Travis Sykora, Washington’s third-round pick in 2023, who’s coming on, uh, quickly.
    David Aldridge, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024
  • Apparently all-in on Reynolds, Hollywood is now reasoning that his star power — some chemically adhesive combination of dashing leading man, comic-relief cutup, and lifestyle mogul — will prove irresistible regardless of the context.
    A.A. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
Definition of cutup
Noun
  • Tennessee is currently a 2.5-point favorite, an indication the wise guys believe Love is unlikely to play.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The wise guys prefer the Bucs’ Mike Evans to follow suit, but my money’s on Godwin.
    Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
Definition of wise guy
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  • Will & Grace and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres are credited with playing significant roles in transforming the image of gay Americans and, as such, the modern LGBTQ equity movement.
    Keli Goff, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Other award ceremonies are based around comedienne, actor and producer Sandra Ng, who will be honored with the HIFF Spotlight On Hong Kong Filmmaker in Profile Award; Temuera Morrison, recipient of the HIFF Leanne K Ferrer Pasifika Trailblazer Award; and Stanley Nelson.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
Definition of comedienne
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  • Meanwhile, countries across the world are again suffering an onslaught of demagogues, many of them preening buffoons who have recast themselves as visionary strongmen—much as D’Annunzio did.
    Pankaj Mishra, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
  • Even if the author wrote in paragraph-length, punctuation-free sentences of Biblical prose, and the filmmakers prefer to express themselves through rambling conversations between cinematic buffoons, their work is bound together by an exacting consideration to every word.
    IndieWire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of buffoon
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