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noun

Quip n.

A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe. "Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles." "He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er."

A short humorous or witty comment or observation, usually spontaneously formed in response to a prior comment.

verb

Quip v. t. (past & past part. quipped; pres. part. quipping) To taunt; to treat with quips. "The more he laughs, and does her closely quip."

Quip v. i. To scoff; to use taunts.

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Etymology of 'Quip'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Quip" Quotes from Famous Books

... alive to the monetary side of the transaction to pay heed to the quip. His portly figure ...

— Cynthia's Chauffeur • Louis Tracy

... notary was really a wit in disguise, masking his intellect by a seeming dulness. No more biting irony was ever put out by Voltaire than this, and the pathos of it lies in the fact that the father was quite unable to appreciate the quip. ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 • Elbert Hubbard

... the company this evening. Robin spoke of his ride, of things which he had seen upon it, of a wood that should be thinned next year; and Anthony made a quip or two such as he was accustomed to make; but the master sat silent for the most part, speaking to the lads once or twice for civility's sake, but no more. And presently silences began to fall, that were ...

— Come Rack! Come Rope! • Robert Hugh Benson

... beneath the tropic stars where Melpomene once stalked austere. Now to cause laughter to echo from those lavish jungles and frowning crags where formerly rang the cries of pirates' victims; to lay aside pike and cutlass and attack with quip and jollity; to draw one saving titter of mirth from the rusty casque of Romance—this were pleasant to do in the shade of the lemon-trees on that coast that is curved ...

— Cabbages and Kings • O. Henry

... The quip escaped him, so to speak, unawares. His voice remained serious and free of all chaff. And he muttered, ...

— The Hollow Needle • Maurice Leblanc

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