American English pronunciation
How to pronounce wits
IPA transcription: ['wɪts]
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Noun
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a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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mental ability
“he's got plenty of brains but no common sense”
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a witty amusing person who makes jokes
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the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
“he used his wits to get ahead”
“I was scared out of my wits”
“he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind”
Usage examples
- We sharpened our wits at university so we could handle this crisis.
- Peewits, with their white breasts glistening, wheeled and screamed about them.
- Along the beaches pied oystercatcher, bar-tailed godwits, tattlers and crested terns are often seen.
- We sharpened our wits at university so we could handle this crisis.
- We sharpened our wits at university so we could handle this crisis.
- We sharpened our wits at university so we could handle this crisis.
- We sharpened our wits at university so we could handle this crisis.
- We sharpened our wits at university so we could handle this crisis.
- I for one have no doubt that it was your quick wits that saw us delivered from that hellish place.
- We sharpened our wits at university so we could handle this crisis.