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wiseacre
[ wahyz-ey-ker ]
wiseacre
/ ˈ·É²¹Éª³úËŒ±ðɪ°ìÉ™ /
noun
- a person who wishes to seem wise
- a wise person: often used facetiously or contemptuously
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of wiseacre1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of wiseacre1
Example Sentences
“Hey,†said one wiseacre, stepping into a gaggle of car people on the patio at the Mission Ranch.
Watching it now reveals an altogether different Fallon, more sarcastic wiseacre than chipper enthusiast.
While “my statue was the butt of wiseacres and witlings, I never in word, or thought, swerved from my principle,†he wrote.
Insouciance goes a fairly long way in “Confess, Fletch,†which revives the wiseacre investigator once played by Chevy Chase and featured in a series of novels by Gregory Mcdonald.
You just know some wiseacre will be screaming “Get out of the hole!†the next time he putts.
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