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wit-cracking

wit-cracking adjective: wisecracking; making jokes or witty comments.

Adjective

wit-cracking (comparative more wit-cracking, superlative most wit-cracking)

  1. Wisecracking; making jokes or witty comments.
    • another wit-cracking divine, then well known in Penzance1870, William Bottrell, Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, page 166

Forms of wit-cracking

comparativemore wit-cracking
superlativemost wit-cracking

Questions about wit-cracking

What does wit-cracking mean?
Wit-cracking means wisecracking; making jokes or witty comments.
What part of speech is wit-cracking?
Wit-cracking is an adjective.

Words near wit-cracking in the dictionary

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

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