quip

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin quippe (“indeed”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kwĭp, IPA: /kwɪp/, X-SAMPA: /kwIp/

  Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

quip (plural quips)

1. A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
   • Milton

     Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.

   • Tennyson

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

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:joke

Translations

smart, sarcastic turn or jest

• Czech: vtípek (cs) m
• German: geistreiche Bemerkung (de) f
• Greek: σκώμμα (el) (skómma) n, χαριτολόγημα (el) (charitológima) n, πείραγμα (el) (peíragma) n
• Italian: freddura (it) f, battuta (it) f

• Russian: колкость (ru) (kolkostʹ) f, острота (ru) (ostrota) f
• Swedish: kvickhet (sv) c
• Telugu: వ్యంగ్యంగా చమత్కరించు (vyaMgyaMgaa camatkariMcu), వెటకారం చేయు (veTakaaraM cEyu)
• Urdu: طعنہ (ur) (taana)

Verb

quip (third-person singular simple present quips, present participle quipping, simple past and past participle quipped)

1. (intransitive) To make a quip.
   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”:

     In an eerily prescient bit, Kent Brockman laughingly quips that if seventy degree weather in the winter is the Gashouse Effect in action, he doesn’t mind one bit.

Translations

to make a quip

• Czech: vtípkovat (cs)
• Finnish: sutkauttaa (fi)
• German: witzeln (de)

• Greek: σκώπτω (el) (skópto), χαριτολογώ (el) (charitologó), πειράζω (el) (peirázo)
• Russian: язвить (ru) (jazvitʹ)