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wise-cracking en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of wisecracking.
    • With a low budget and limited resources, he’s able to expertly mimic the styles of bigger productions, as in a cafeteria number featuring students dancing and stomping on the tables with tricky Broadway-friendly choreography provided by Sarah Swire, who also plays Steph, a wise-cracking, world-weary American kid abandoned by her wealthy parents. 2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2019:

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most wise-cracking Degree=Sup lexicographic
more wise-cracking Degree=Cmp lexicographic