wisecrack
English
/ˈwaɪzˌkɹæk/
noun
Definitions
- A witty or sarcastic comment or quip.
Etymology
Compound from English wise (way, manner, knowledgeable) + English crack (highly skilled, excellent).
Origin
English
crack
Gloss
highly skilled, excellent
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterwise English
- airwise English
- anticrack English
- buttcrack English
- cop-wise English
- copwise English
- crack English
- crack shot English
- crack-hemp English
- crack-rope English
- crackability English
- crackable English
- crackback English
- crackbrain English
- crackbrained English
- crackerjack English
- crackest English
- cracketh English
- crackfic English
- crackhead English
- crackhouse English
- crackjaw English
- crackle English
- crackless English
- cracklet English
- cracklike English
- crackmeter English
- crackpipe English
- crackpot English
- crackproof English
- crackship English
- cracksman English
- cracky English
- craic English
- firewise English
- hydrocrack English
- macrocrack English
- microcrack English
- mudcrack English
- nowise English
- nutcrack English
- outcrack English
- overwise English
- penny-wise English
- pennywise English
- precrack English
- recrack English
- righteous English
- suncrack English
- thundercrack English
- tocrack English
- unwise English
- way-wise English
- whipcrack English
- wisdom English
- wise English
- wise-hearted English
- wiseass English
- wisecracker English
- wisecracky English
- wisehead English
- wisehood English
- wiselike English
- wiseling English
- wisely English
- wisen English
- wiseness English
- wizard English
- workwise English
- worldlywise English
- worldwise English
- crack Finnish
- kräkki Finnish
- Crack German
- craccare Italian
- crack French
- крэк Russian
- crack Spanish, Castilian
- crack Portuguese
- crak Middle English
- crakken Middle English
- wis Middle English
- craic Irish
- crac Welsh
- wise
- wisen
- craic
- crack
- wisdom
- cracky
- unwise
- wisely
- nowise
- wizard
- tocrack
- copwise
- airwise
- wiseass
- recrack
- crackle
- cop-wise
- workwise
- suncrack
- outcrack
- crackfic
- overwise
- wiseness
- wisehead
- firewise
- wiselike
- cracketh
- precrack
- nutcrack
- crackpot
- crackjaw
- crackest
- mudcrack
- wisehood
- way-wise
- cracklet
- wiseling
- worldwise
- righteous
- crackless
- whipcrack
- crackable
- crackhead
- pennywise
- cracksman
- crackship
- buttcrack
- cracklike
- afterwise
- crackpipe
- anticrack
- crackback
- crackhouse
- crack-rope
- crackmeter
- wisecracky
- crack-hemp
- crackproof
- penny-wise
- crackbrain
- crack shot
- macrocrack
- microcrack
- hydrocrack
- worldlywise
- crackerjack
- wisecracker
- crackability
- crackbrained
- thundercrack
- wise-hearted