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The definition of a quip is a witty or funny comment or remark.

(noun)

An example of a quip is the remark by Woody Allen: "In California, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV shows."

To quip is to make a witty remark.

(verb)

When Fred Allen made the funny remark "I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me," this is an example of a time when Fred Allen quipped.

See quip in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a witty or, esp. formerly, sarcastic remark or reply; jest or gibe
a quibble; cavil
something curious or odd

Origin: contr. < earlier quippy < L quippe, indeed, forsooth < quid, what + -pe, emphatic enclitic

transitive verb quipped, quipping

Now Rare to direct quips, or gibes, at

intransitive verb

to utter quips

Related Forms:

quipster noun

See quip in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A clever, witty remark often prompted by the occasion.
A clever, often sarcastic remark; a gibe. See Synonyms at joke.
A petty distinction or objection; a quibble.
Something curious or odd.

intransitive verb quipped quipped, quip·ping, quips

To make quips or a quip.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of obsolete quippy

Origin: , perhaps from Latin quippe, indeed

Origin: , from quid, what; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

quipˈpy adjective

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