wisecracking
Delivering sharp jokes
Wisecracking means making clever, flippant remarks—the kind of quick verbal jabs associated with old Hollywood comedies and hard-boiled detectives.
A wisecracking sidekick keeps up a steady stream of quips.
The word describes both the act and the person: a wisecracking cabbie, She spent the whole dinner wisecracking about her ex.
Mockingly critical in tone
- sardonicGrimly mocking
- sarcasticMockingly insincere in tone
- ironicExpressing contrary meaning
- dryFree from moisture
flippant · facetious · tongue-in-cheek · wry · droll · cheeky · irreverent · smart-aleck
Brief, clever remark
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- comebackRecovery after decline
- one-linerBrief standalone joke
- zingerPointed witty remark
retort · witticism · joke · jest · pleasantry · wordplay · teasing · ribbing
Solo comedic performance
- improvUnscripted comedic performance
- sitcomEpisodic TV comedy series
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- comedianProfessional humor performer
comic · funny · punchline · timing · delivery · shtick · vaudeville · jokester
Showing lack of regard
- impertinentRudely presumptuous
- impudentDisrespectfully bold
- brazenShamelessly bold
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
mouthy · lippy · fresh · sassy · brash · cocky · bold · presumptuous
Dividing via sharp edge
- bitingHarshly critical or cold
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- acerbicSharp and biting
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
barbed · stinging · pointed · mordant · piercing · scathing · trenchant · snide
Insulting to provoke
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- jeeringVocal public mockery
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
lampooning · sneering · jibing · needling · razzing · roasting · poking fun · sending up
snarky
Mockingly critical in tone
dry · flippant · facetious · tongue-in-cheek · wry · droll · cheeky · irreverent · smart-aleck · wise-guy
quip
Brief, clever remark
zinger · retort · witticism · joke · jest · pleasantry · wordplay · teasing · ribbing · back-and-forth
stand-up
Solo comedic performance
comedian · comic · funny · punchline · timing · delivery · shtick · vaudeville · jokester · quipster
disrespectful
Showing lack of regard
- impertinentRudely presumptuous
- impudentDisrespectfully bold
- brazenShamelessly bold
audacious · mouthy · lippy · fresh · sassy · brash · cocky · bold · presumptuous · insubordinate
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
sharp · barbed · stinging · pointed · mordant · piercing · scathing · trenchant · snide · acrid
taunting
Insulting to provoke
mocking · lampooning · sneering · jibing · needling · razzing · roasting · poking fun · sending up · taking shots
- funnyfunny, comical, hilarious, humorous, amusing
- Types of Humorsilliness, funniness, wittiness, corniness, zaniness
- banterbanter, teasing, ribbing, joshing, kidding
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- talkchat, chatter, chitchat, gab, jabber
- tomfoolerysilliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
wisdom, wisely, unwisely, wisecrack, wisecracker, wiseacre, wisecracks, wisenheimer, wiseguy