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- Dictionaryquip/kwip/
noun
- 1. a witty remark: "Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man"
verb
- 1. make a witty remark: "“Flattery will get you nowhere,” she quipped"
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Quip is a shortening of quippy, a noun that is no longer in use. Etymologists believe that quippy came from Latin quippe, a word meaning "indeed" or "to be sure" that was often used ironically.
verb [ I ] uk / kwɪp / us / kwɪp / plural -pp- to make a quip: [ + speech ] When asked why he seemed to be so relaxed, Mr McCarthy quipped: "It's the drugs ". "Everyone wants to be Cary Grant.
a humorous and clever remark: It was Oscar Wilde who made the famous quip about life mimicking art. Synonyms. crack (JOKE) one-liner informal. wisecrack informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humor & humorous. amusingly. bitingly. black humor. blackly. bone dry idiom. coruscating. jocose. lightly. make a joke of something idiom.
Quip definition: a clever or witty remark or comment.. See examples of QUIP used in a sentence.
A quip is a witty or clever remark that sounds spur-of-the-moment. A successful quip must sound offhand, as though it were an afterthought, even if the speaker has been honing the statement for days.
n. 1. a sarcastic or cutting remark; gibe. 2. a witty or clever saying: a merry quip. 3. archaic another word for quibble. vb, quips, quipping or quipped. ( intr) to make a quip. [C16: from earlier quippy, probably from Latin quippe indeed, to be sure]
A quip is a remark that is intended to be amusing or clever. The commentators make endless quips about the players' appearance.
Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. quips. A witty or, esp. formerly, sarcastic remark or reply; jest or gibe. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A quibble; cavil. Webster's New World. Something curious or odd. Webster's New World. Synonyms: epigram. sally. crack. wisecrack. joke. ha-ha. funny. witticism. jest. jape. gag. mockery. gibe. dig. curious.
to say something in a funny and clever way. quip. noun [ C ] (Definition of quip from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of quip. in Chinese (Traditional) 俏皮話，妙語… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 俏皮话，妙语… See more. in Spanish. ocurrencia, salida, bromear… See more. in Portuguese. gracejo, gracejar…
quip meaning, definition, what is quip: to say something clever and amusing: Learn more.
