wit
wit
- n a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- n mental ability
- n a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- Margaret Edson's affecting, Pulitzer prize-winning play about an English professor dying of cancer has been adapted for TV with taste and resourcefulness by director Mike Nichols.
- Sarkozy's Holiday Shows Political Wit .
- The former New York Senator, who died Wednesday at 76 from complications arising from a burst appendix, was known for his sharp wit and his nimble mind.