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wits::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | marbles |
| Type of | intelligence |
he used his wits to get ahead.
I was scared out of my wits.
Examples of wits
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Otherwise, find out from organizations such as WITS how best to handle the task.
From the stltoday.com
Not only should you not prune on a windy day, but don't prune without your wits.
From the delawareonline.com
They have enjoyed being their own bosses, making money by living off their wits.
From the guardian.co.uk
If you should have an encounter, chances are it will scare you out of your wits.
From the al.com
If you've been watching the court case you can see she's got her wits about her.
From the guardian.co.uk
Gathering our wits, all we wanted was to cross those crevasses and get back down.
From the chron.com
Alone in the room with just their wits and their heavy sense of responsibility.
From the time.com
Frankly, the prospect of airing my own dirty laundry scares the wits out of me.
From the cnn.com
He just looks at me as if I've not gotten the concept, like my wits are sleepy.
From the parenting.blogs.nytimes.com
- A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- Brain: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
- Wag: a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (wits) 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"
- (witty) combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"
- Wit is a form of intellectual humour, and a wit is someone skilled in making witty remarks. Forms of wit include the quip and repartee.
- Wit is a 2001 American television movie directed by Mike Nichols. The teleplay by Nichols and Emma Thompson is based on the 1998 Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same title by Margaret Edson.
- Wit (Also spelled with semicolon "W;t") is the first play written by American playwright Margaret Edson. Edson used her work experience in a hospital as part of the inspiration for her play. Wit received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California, in 1995. ...
- The English language once had an extensive declension system similar to Latin, modern German or Icelandic. ...
