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quip

[ kwip ]

noun

  1. a clever or witty remark or comment.

    Synonyms: witticism, joke

  2. a sharp, sarcastic remark; a cutting jest.

    Synonyms: jape, sally, gibe

  3. a quibble.
  4. an odd or fantastic action or thing.


verb (used without object)

, quipped, quip·ping.
  1. to utter quips.

quip

/ kwɪp /

noun

  1. a sarcastic or cutting remark; gibe
  2. a witty or clever saying

    a merry quip

  3. archaic.
    another word for quibble


verb

  1. intr to make a quip

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Other Words From

  • quippish adjective
  • quippish·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of quip1

1525–35; back formation from quippy quip < Latin quippe indeed

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Word History and Origins

Origin of quip1

C16: from earlier quippy, probably from Latin quippe indeed, to be sure

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Example Sentences

In one of the moments I chatted briefly with him he made a quip about my work that my mother still quotes to this day.

This man, the man of the left, says in private ‘the toothless,’ proud of his quip.

Pepper, a phrase drawn from a quip by another contender, means a second round in the presidential election, to be held in June.

Within hours of releasing my quip into the Twittersphere, five different publications jumped on it.

That quip reflected his own travails with thinking outside the box.

For a true pun always has a humorous idea behind the verbal quip that is its prominent characteristic.

It was a relief to hear his own voice in some such apparently light-hearted quip.

So Andrew Lackaday threw himself back in his chair and laughed at Elodie's quip.

Smiling, debonair, complacent, the morrow's bridegroom had a careless quip for all and sundry on that last night.

It was the traveler whose quip was now being repeated miles away, far in advance of him.

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