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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUIP, n.
A smart sarcastic turn; a taunt; a severe retort.
QUIP, v.t. To taunt; to treat with a sarcastic retort.
QUIP, v.i. To scoff.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a witty saying [syn: epigram, quip]
2: witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip] v
1: make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner" [syn: gag, quip]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: earlier quippy, perhaps from Latin quippe indeed, to be sure (often ironic), from quid what — more at quiddity Date: 1532 1. a. a clever usually taunting remark ; gibe b. a witty or funny observation or response usually made on the spur of the moment 2. quibble, equivocation 3. something strange, droll, curious, or eccentric ; oddity • quippy adjective II. verb (quipped; quipping) Date: 1579 intransitive verb to make quips ; gibe transitive verb to jest or gibe at • quipper noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a clever saying; an epigram; a sarcastic remark etc. 2 a quibble; an equivocation. --v.intr. (quipped, quipping) make quips. Derivatives: quipster n. Etymology: abbr. of obs. quippy perh. f. L quippe forsooth

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quip Quip, v. i. To scoff; to use taunts. --Sir H. Sidney.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(quips, quipping, quipped) 1. A quip is a remark that is intended be amusing or clever. (WRITTEN) The commentators make endless quips about the female players' appearance. N-COUNT 2. To quip means to say something that is intended to be amusing or clever. (WRITTEN) 'He'll have to go on a diet,' Ballard quipped... The chairman quipped that he would rather sell his airline than his computer systems. VERB: V with quote, V that

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Taunt, gibe, jeer, scoff, sneer, mock, flout, sally, quirk, crank, repartee, retort, sharp saying, caustic or cutting remark, biting jest.

Moby Thesaurus

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