quip

[ kwip ]

/ kwɪp /

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noun

a clever or witty remark or comment.

a sharp, sarcastic remark; a cutting jest.

a quibble.

an odd or fantastic action or thing.

verb (used without object), quipped, quip·ping.

to utter quips.

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Origin of quip

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

SYNONYMS FOR quip

1. joke, witticism. 2. gibe, sally, jape.

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Related formsquip·pish, adjectivequip·pish·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for quip

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.
From POTUS to SCOTUS: Obama’s Big Move?|Keli Goff|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This man, the man of the left, says in private ‘the toothless,’ proud of his quip.
Hollande's Jilted Lover Valerie Trierweiler Tells All|Tracy McNicoll|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pepper, a phrase drawn from a quip by another contender, means a second round in the presidential election, to be held in June.
Ukraine’s Iron Lady Refuses to Give Up|Anna Nemtsova|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Within hours of releasing my quip into the Twittersphere, five different publications jumped on it.
The Tea Party’s War on Comedy|Dean Obeidallah|October 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST

That quip reflected his own travails with thinking outside the box.
Peter Worthington on Thinking Outside the Box|David Frum|May 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He laughed, but suppressed the quip that might have afforded some hidden satisfaction.
The Message|Louis Tracy
They cut him down, to pursue the journey a sadder and wiser Pig, and the butt of many a quip from his fellow-travellers.
Myths and Legends of China|E. T. C. Werner
Bradish was evidently too completely and tragically in earnest to see the point of her quip.
Love in a Cloud|Arlo Bates
It is only necessary to remember that Wolsey was the son of a butcher for the sting of this quip to be appreciated.
The Bath Road|Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
At the time this quip was thought almost to border upon the sacrilegious, and nobody had laughed at it except the utterer thereof.
Old Judge Priest|Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for quip

quip

/ (kwɪp) /

noun

a sarcastic or cutting remark; gibe

a witty or clever sayinga merry quip

archaic another word for quibble

verb quips, quipping or quipped

(intr) to make a quip

Word Origin for quip

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

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Word Origin and History for quip

quip

1530s, variant of quippy in same sense (1510s), perhaps from Latin quippe "indeed, of course, as you see, naturally, obviously" (used sarcastically), from quid "what" (neuter of pronoun quis "who;" see who), and cf. quibble (n.)) + emphatic particle -pe.

quip

"make a quip," 1570s, from quip (n.). Related: Quipped; quipping.

quip

noun

verb (used without object), quipped, quip·ping.

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