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wit-cracker

wit-cracker noun: one who makes jests; a joker.

Noun

wit-cracker (plural wit-crackers)

  1. (obsolete) One who makes jests; a joker.
    • DON PEDRO. How dost thou, Benedick, the married man?
      BENEDICK. I'll tell thee what, prince; a college of wit-crackers cannout flout me out of my humour.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of wit-cracker

pluralwit-crackers
alternative formwitcracker

Questions about wit-cracker

What does wit-cracker mean?
Wit-cracker means one who makes jests; a joker.
What part of speech is wit-cracker?
Wit-cracker is a noun.
What is the plural of wit-cracker?
The plural of wit-cracker is wit-crackers.

Words near wit-cracker in the dictionary

  1. wit'cha
  2. wit'cho
  3. wit'cho'
  4. wit'choo
  5. wit's end
  6. wit-cracker
  7. wit-crackers
  8. wit-cracking
  9. wit-monger
  10. wit-mongers
  11. wit-wanton

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