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- Dictionaryquip/kwɪp/
noun
- 1. a witty remark: "Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man"
verb
- 1. make a witty remark: "‘Flattery will get you nowhere,’ she quipped"
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a humorous and clever remark: It was Oscar Wilde who made the famous quip about life mimicking art. Synonyms. crack (JOKE) one-liner informal. wisecrack informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humour & humorous. amusingly. bitingly. blackly. bone dry idiom. bring. coruscating. drily. gag. GSOH. jocose. lightly. mordancy. non-serious.
: 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. ˈkwi-pē. adjective. quip. 2 of 2. verb. quipped; quipping. intransitive verb. : to make quips : gibe. transitive verb. : to jest or gibe at. quipper. ˈkwi-pər. noun.
A quip — a short, witty comment — can be pleasant, wise, or sarcastic, but usually carries an element of humor. A quip is a witty or clever remark that sounds spur-of-the-moment. A successful quip must sound offhand, as though it were an afterthought, even if the speaker has been honing the statement for days.
a humorous and clever remark: It was Oscar Wilde who made the famous quip about life mimicking art. Synonyms. crack (JOKE) one-liner informal. wisecrack informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humor & humorous. amusingly. bitingly. black humor. blackly. bone dry idiom. coruscating. jocose. lightly. make a joke of something idiom.
Quip definition: a clever or witty remark or comment.. See examples of QUIP used in a sentence.
4 meanings: 1. a sarcastic or cutting remark; gibe 2. a witty or clever saying 3. archaic → another word for quibble 4. to make.... Click for more definitions.
n. 1. a sarcastic or cutting remark; gibe. 2. a witty or clever saying: a merry quip. 3. archaic another word for quibble. vb, quips, quipping or quipped. ( intr) to make a quip. [C16: from earlier quippy, probably from Latin quippe indeed, to be sure]
Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. quips. A witty or, esp. formerly, sarcastic remark or reply; jest or gibe. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A quibble; cavil. Webster's New World. Something curious or odd. Webster's New World. Synonyms: epigram. sally. crack. wisecrack. joke. ha-ha. funny. witticism. jest. jape. gag. mockery. gibe. dig. curious.
quip meaning, definition, what is quip: to say something clever and amusing: Learn more.
to say something in a funny and clever way. quip. noun [ C ] (Definition of quip from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of quip. in Chinese (Traditional) 俏皮話，妙語… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 俏皮话，妙语… See more. in Spanish. ocurrencia, salida, bromear… See more. in Portuguese. gracejo, gracejar…
