verb · intransitive · rare

wiseacre

wiseacre · wiseacres · wiseacred · wiseacring

To act like a wiseacreTo act like a wiseacre; to wisecrack.

/ˈwaɪzeɪkə(ɹ)/

Meaning

1 senses

To act like a wiseacre; to wisecrack.

Origin

From Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer”), from Old High German wīzzago, wīzago (“wise m

From Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer”), from Old High German wīzzago, wīzago (“wise man, prophet, soothsayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītagō (“wise one; prophet”). Cognate with Old English wītga (“wise man, prophet”). See also German Weissager (“soothsayer, seer”).

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Forms

wiseacres, wiseacring, wiseacred, wiseacred

Base form	wiseacre · to wiseacre
3rd person singular	wiseacres
Present participle	wiseacring
Past simple	wiseacred
Past participle	wiseacred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	wiseacre
he, she, it	wiseacres

Past simpleLesson

all persons

wiseacred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have wiseacred
he, she, it	has wiseacred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will wiseacre

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle