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This is the time when that titles double meaning made itself apparent. Cracking meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Information about wisecrack in the dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. Definition of cracking to the online slang dictionary. Websters new world college dictionary, 4th edition. Wikipedia, lexilogos, oxford, cambridge, chambers harrap, wordreference, collins lexibase dictionaries, merriam webster. Wisecracking definition, a smart or facetious remark. Wisecrack definition of wisecrack by merriamwebster. Find 1,175 synonyms for wisecracking and other similar words that you can use instead based on 5 separate contexts from our thesaurus. Wisecrack definition in the cambridge english dictionary. We tried to be serious, but he was always cracking wise. When i went through the oxford english dictionary, i.
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