wit

[wɪt]

Definition:
1. The ability to say or write things that are both clever and amusing.
2. Your ability to think quickly and clearly and to make good decisions.
3. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
4. Mental ability.
5. A witty amusing person who makes jokes.

Use 'wit' in a sentence:

1. Tom had wit enough to perceive that here was a lad who could be useful to him.
2. He was acclaimed for his acerbic wit and repartee.
3. His sharp wit had them all smiling.
4. He disclaimed the possession of any great quickness of apprehension or wit, such as distinguished Huxley.
5. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
6. Much of the wit is lost in translation.
7. They love her practical attitude to life, her zest and wit.
8. To wit, that a spurious Prince of Wales was being feasted by the city in his stead.
9. The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it.
10. Ellie uses wit as a goad to try to force people to see what is in front of them.
11. her sharp wit and quick tongue.
12. Wit Wolzek claimed the legislation could impinge on privacy, self determination and respect for religious liberty.
13. Travellers need to keep their wits about them.
14. Julie Burchill is famous for her precocity and rapier wit.
15. Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests.
16. His mordant wit appealed to students.
17. He was a man of great charm and not inconsiderable wit.
18. Beware her waspish wit.
19. You can dazzle members of the opposite with your quick wit and aggressive charm.
20. She thinks watching cats and mice fighting wit can help open up her thinking.
21. Your wit is as thick as Tewkesbury Mustard.
22. She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today.
23. She was known for the quickness of her wit.
24. He is a nimble and versatile wit.
25. His abrasive wit and caustic comments were an interviewer's nightmare.
26. Mr Brooke is renowned for his dry wit.
27. You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident.
28. At least you had the wit to ask for help.
29. We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wit's end.
30. She has great charm and a ready wit.
31. He has to pit his wits against an adversary who is cool, clever and cunning.
32. He was charmed by her beauty and wit.
33. It should not be beyond the wit of man to resolve this dispute.
34. She was endowed with intelligence and wit.
35. He'd like 'happiness' to be given a new and more scientifically descriptive label, to wit 'Major affective disorder, pleasant type'.
36. Once again, his quick wits got him out of an awkward situation.
37. With chess you're involved in a battle of wits from start to finish.
38. Her performance breathed wit and charm.
39. Pilot error, to wit failure to follow procedures, was the cause of the accident.
40. Better a witty fool man than a foolish wit.
41. Thy foolish reading hath wrought its woeful work at last, and ta'en thy wit away.
42. The poet, he says, ranges freely within the zodiac of his own wit.
43. Julie Burchill is famous for her rapier wit.
44. His writing combines elegance and wit.
45. Boulding was known for his biting wit.
46. Facebook, therefore, is a self-enhancer's paradise, where people can share only the most flattering photos, the cream of their wit, style, beauty, intellect and lifestyles.
47. The essays could do with a flash of wit or humor.
48. Originally a journalist noted for his lancing wit, he co-founded a political-humor magazine in 1950.