wits
wits
- n the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
he used his wits to get ahead
I was scared out of my wits - 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
- Losing our faculties over a matter like sex ought not to make much sense for a species like ours that relies on its wits.
- His choice for the job was James McParlan, a gifted, gabby little Pinkerton detective who was as ready with his fists as with his wits.
- Was that really all it took to scare the nation out of its wits, sending families scurrying in all directions to the mountains, to the desert, to Europe in vain hope of .