quip

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Pronunciation

• enPR: kwĭp, IPA: /kwɪp/, [kʰw̥ɪp]

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Noun

quip (plural quips)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:joke

Translations

• French: pique
• German: geistreiche Bemerkung, Witz, Witzelei, Stichelei, Erwiderung, Retourkutsche, Spöttelei
• Italian: freddura, battuta, frizzo
• Russian: ко́лкость

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Verb

quip (quips, present participle quipping; past and past participle quipped)

1. (intransitive) To make a quip.
2. (transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.

   • the more he laughs, and does her closely quip

Translations

• French: blaguer, plaisanter
• German: witzeln
• Russian: язви́ть
• Spanish: ironizar

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