Pronunciation
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
- See also Thesaurus:joke
- French: pique
- German: geistreiche Bemerkung, Witz, Witzelei, Stichelei, Erwiderung, Retourkutsche, Spöttelei
- Italian: freddura, battuta, frizzo
- Russian: ко́лкость
Verb
quip (quips, present participle quipping; past and past participle quipped)
- (intransitive) To make a quip.
- (transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.
- the more he laughs, and does her closely quip
- French: blaguer, plaisanter
- German: witzeln
- Russian: язви́ть
- Spanish: ironizar
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