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quip

  [kwip] noun, verb, quipped, quip⋅ping.
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–noun
1. a clever or witty remark or comment.
2. a sharp, sarcastic remark; a cutting jest.
3. a quibble.
4. an odd or fantastic action or thing.
–verb (used without object)
5. to utter quips.
Origin:
1525–35; back formation from quippy quip < L quippe indeed

Related forms:
quippish, adjective
quip⋅pish⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. joke, witticism. 2. gibe, sally, jape.
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quip   (kwĭp)   
n.  
  1. A clever, witty remark often prompted by the occasion.
  2. A clever, often sarcastic remark; a gibe. See Synonyms at joke.
  3. A petty distinction or objection; a quibble.
  4. Something curious or odd.
intr.v.   quipped, quip·ping, quips
To make quips or a quip.

[Alteration of obsolete quippy, perhaps from Latin quippe, indeed, from quid, what; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.]
quip'py adj.
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Quip

Quip\, n. [Cf. W. chwip a quick flirt or turn, chwipio to whip, to move briskly, and E. whip. Cf. Quib, Quibble.] A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe.

Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles. --Milton.

He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. --Tennyson.

Quip

Quip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Quipping.] To taunt; to treat with quips.

The more he laughs, and does her closely quip. --Spenser.

Quip

Quip\, v. i. To scoff; to use taunts. --Sir H. Sidney.
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Language Translation for : quip
Spanish: ocurrencia, salida, chiste,
German: witzige Bemerkung,
Japanese: 軽口
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quip  (n.)
1532, variant of quippy, in same sense (1519), perhaps from L. quippe "indeed, forsooth" (used sarcastically), from quid "what," neut. of quis "who" (cf. quibble) + emphatic particle -pe. The verb is recorded from 1584.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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