quip
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Latin quippe (“indeed”), ultimately quid (“what”).
Pronunciation
Noun
quip (plural quips)
- A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- He wrote it down, remembering a quip of Pym's, paraphrased from Clemenceau: "Military intelligence has as much to do with intelligence as military music has to do with music.”
- 2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- Nobody could ever be bothered to imagine the Sand Snakes beyond personalized weaponry and fake-aggressive quips, none of which were very convincing, and now they don’t even register as dead weight.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.
- (Can we date this quote by Tennyson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- He was full of joke and jest, / But all his merry quips are o'er.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:joke
Translations
smart, sarcastic turn or jest
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Verb
quip (third-person singular simple present quips, present participle quipping, simple past and past participle quipped)
- (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 (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2]:
- 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.
- (transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- the more he laughs, and does her closely quip
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Translations
to make a quip
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