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quip
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Latin quippe (“indeed”), ultimately quid (“what”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kw?p, IPA(key): /kw?p/, [k?w??p]
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
quip (plural quips)
- A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Death of the Old Year
- He was full of joke and jest, / But all his merry quips are o'er.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:joke
Derived terms
- quipful
Translations
Verb
quip (third-person singular simple present quips, present participle quipping, simple past and past participle quipped)
- (intransitive) To make a quip.
- (transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.
- 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman
- He did not really mind being quipped; the city gentlemen made him used to that sort of thing.
- 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman
Translations
Anagrams
- Puqi
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quipper
English
Etymology
quip +? -er
Noun
quipper (plural quippers)
- One who quips; a jester.
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