wise-cracking
Delivering quick zingers
Wise-cracking means making clever, flippant jokes or sarcastic remarks, usually in rapid succession.
The term evokes the quick-witted banter of 1930s screwball comedies and hardboiled detective fiction: a wise-cracking sidekick, She kept wise-cracking through the whole meeting.
Someone who does this habitually is a wisecracker.
Making witty remarks
- one-linersBrief comedic remarks
- zingersClever cutting remarks
- punchlinesJokes' concluding zingers
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
shtick · timing · deadpan · repartee · stand-up · roasting · improvising · heckler
Showing lack of regard
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
- goadingInciting through persistent pressure
provocative · dismissive · flippant · cheeky · impudent · sass · backtalk · retort
Subordinate adventure partner
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- noirHard-boiled film genre
- hardboiledTough, cynical fiction style
- sarcasticMockingly insincere in tone
irreverent · tough-guy · anti-hero · Spider-Man · Groucho · wiseass · smartass · mouthy
quipping
Making witty remarks
- one-linersBrief comedic remarks
- zingersClever cutting remarks
- punchlinesJokes' concluding zingers
banter · shtick · timing · deadpan · repartee · stand-up · roasting · improvising · heckler · comedian
disrespectful
Showing lack of regard
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
goading · provocative · dismissive · flippant · cheeky · impudent · sass · backtalk · retort · comeback
sidekick
Subordinate adventure partner
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- noirHard-boiled film genre
- hardboiledTough, cynical fiction style
sarcastic · irreverent · tough-guy · anti-hero · Spider-Man · Groucho · wiseass · smartass · mouthy · cocky
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