wise-cracking
Adjective
Meaning
wise-cracking (comparative more wise-cracking, superlative most wise-cracking)
Alternative form of wisecracking
Examples
There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.
That story unfolds without cartoon slapstick, without any wise-cracking dragon and without musical numbers (though “Reflection” appears as both an instrumental cue and a closing credits number)—simply as an epic historical drama.
Jeffries has a beautiful girlfriend (Grace Kelly is her least objectionable role, in my opinion), a wise-cracking secretary (or nurse, I forget) played by Thelma Ritter and a very restless and inquiring mind.
When playing as a wise-cracking, super fast hedgehog in a colorful world, saving cute little animals from peril, it can be difficult sometimes to read between the lines.
When the once wise-cracking cat lets out a simple meow and stalks away, the viewer knows something is terribly wrong.
They were often described as independent, wise-cracking and reckless.