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zinger

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as in witticism

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Recent Examples of zinger But a casino would not be Deborah Vance’s, or celebrate her personality and career, without a zinger or two. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 While O'Brien's jab earned instant laughs from the Oscars crowd, the zinger fell flat for Kid Rock, who addressed the joke in an X post on March 16. — Edward Segarra, Freep.com, 18 Mar. 2026 Saying the Broncos were a yard short — a nod to a first-half fourth-and-1 attempt in the AFC Championship Game last season — was a decent zinger. — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 15 May 2026 The zinger, however, is the eye-catching jewelry on the manicure that Liu rocked to the 2026 American Music Awards didn't literally pierce through Liu's nails. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for zinger

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Noun

The result is an incredible repository of vexations, bafflements, witticisms, and brilliancies.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
This charming witticism might double as a tagline for the season writ large.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of witticism

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The wisecrack clearly landed with the audience, though the cameras picked up the late-night host’s face dropping.

— Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 June 2026
But Marsch laughs at a Maurice wisecrack and throws both of his palms on his shoulders to bridge the gap between them.

— Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 June 2026

Definition of wisecrack

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Roberts’s quip foreshadowed his opinion on behalf of the Court holding that near-universal birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the text of the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship clause.

— Amanda Frost, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
These mostly harmless quips resemble the type of pettiness that once ran roughshod across the Lone Star State, back when eight Texas programs were members of the Southwest Conference.

— Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of quip

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The Uber initiative is the latest sally in a long war pitting plaintiffs and their lawyers against businesses, with legal fees as the battleground.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Prices of stocks and bonds, along with long-term interest rates, have oscillated up and down in response to the daily verbal sallies from the White House.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025

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