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wised Meg up to the fact that Tom no longer cares?
wisecrack n. 1 joke, quip, rejoinder, witticism, pun, barb, jest, gibe or
jibe, Colloq gag; dig: Everything is a potential subject for a
wisecrack.
--v. 2 joke, quip, pun, gibe or jibe: Get serious and stop
wisecracking for a change.
wise guy n. wiseacre, smart alec or aleck, Archaic witling, Colloq
know-all or know-it-all, Brit Clever Dick or cleverdick, Slang
smarty-pants, smarty, Brit smart-arse, US smart-ass,
wisenheimer: There's always some wise guy waiting to make a
clever remark.
wish v. 1 desire, want; yearn, crave, long, hope, hanker, have a
mind, (have a) fancy, choose, care: I wish you'd go now. If you
had Aladdin's lamp, what would you wish for? 2 require, request,
demand, order, specify: Did you wish lemon or milk in your tea?
3 foist or force or thrust or impose upon, Colloq fob off on or
upon, palm off on: The job of treasurer was wished on me when
Jock left.
--n. 4 desire, request, whim, want, craving, longing,
hankering: Your every wish is my command. 5 desire, longing,
craving, need, yearning, hankering, passion, keenness, thirst,
appetite, hunger, whim, urge, liking, fondness, fancy,
preference, predisposition, disposition, inclination, Colloq
yen, Slang itch: She expressed a wish for nightingale tongues,
truffles, and champagne.
wishy-washy
adj. 1 neither here nor there, undecided, indecisive,
irresolute, half-hearted, shilly-shallying, tergiversating,
vacillating, uncertain, of or having mixed feelings, of two
minds: Make up your mind and stop being so wishy-washy about
everything! 2 feeble, weak, watery, watered down, thin, vapid,
flat, bland, runny, diluted, tasteless, insipid, flavourless,
stale: Isabel served me some wishy-washy tea and sent me on my
way.
wisp n. shred, scrap, strand, thread, snippet, tuft, lock: The
laboratory matched the wisp of hair found in the victim's hand