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Example sentences from the Web for witsAnd when rappers battle one another with their wits and words, it is similar to the bam-pow! Bam! Pow! Bling! Hip-Hop's History Gets the Graphic Novel Treatment|Daniel Genis|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST She is routinely dismissed by Madrid wits as “a Danish tart.” Will Scandal Sink the Spanish Royal Family?|Tom Sykes|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST But rather than scare people out of their wits, they served as a moment of much-needed comic relief for many. Israel, Hamas, WhatsApp and Hacked Phones in the Gaza Psy-War|Itay Hod|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST As a result, Tallulah found herself hailed as one of the wits of Manhattan, and she worked hard to make sure the reputation stuck. Tallulah Bankhead: Gay, Drunk and Liberated in an Era of Excess Art|Judith Mackrell|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the same day, Wits University in Johannesburg held a memorial in its iconic Great Hall. Goodbye, Madiba|Mark Gevisser|December 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST His mouth hung open in indication of the turmoil in his wits as he waited for her reply. Making People Happy|Thompson Buchanan I shall not be asked to give a notice of a man so universally known, and one who ranks rather with the humorists than the wits. The Wits and Beaux of Society|Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton Keep your wits fixed on as much as you can remember of November 6. A Mysterious Disappearance|Gordon Holmes If a man commit no follies he loses his wits through weariness. The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci|Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky The adroit and experienced Parliamentarians on the Treasury Bench used all their wits to obtain the necessary delay. Lord Randolph Churchill|Winston Spencer Churchill
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pl n(sometimes singular) the ability to reason and act, esp quickly (esp in the phrase have one's wits about one) (sometimes singular) right mind, sanity (esp in the phrase out of one's wits) at one's wits' end at a loss to know how to proceed five wits obsolete the five senses or mental faculties live by one's wits to gain a livelihood by craftiness and cunning rather than by hard work Words nearby witswitloof, witness, witness-box, witness corner, witness stand, wits, Witsie, Witt, Witte, witted, Wittekind British Dictionary definitions for wits (2 of 2)
nounSouthern African informal University of the Witwatersrand Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to witsfun, joke, satire, repartee, jest, wisecrack, pleasantry, prank, drollery, levity, lark, raillery, pun, aphorism, banter, burlesque, gag, sally, quip, jocularity |