Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wise-cracking

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
wise-crack-ing
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more wise-cracking (comparative) most wise-cracking (superlative)

Questions

What does wise-cracking mean?
Alternative form of wisecracking.

How to pronounce wise-cracking

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