Quip

Word QUIP
Character 4
Hyphenation quip
Pronunciations /kwɪp/

Definitions and meanings of "Quip"

What do we mean by quip?

A clever, witty remark. synonym: joke. noun

To make quips or a quip. intransitive verb

To say (something) as a quip. intransitive verb

A smart sarcastic turn; a sharp or cutting jest; a severe retort; a gibe. noun

To use quips or sarcasms; gibe; scoff.

To utter quips or sarcasms on; taunt; treat with a sarcastic retort; sneer at.

A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe. noun

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

To taunt; to treat with quips. transitive verb

To scoff; to use taunts. intransitive verb

A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe. noun

To make a quip. verb

A witty saying noun

Make jokes or quips verb

Witty remark noun

A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Quip

The word "quip" in example sentences

In my reading, the Santayana quip is among the "requisite caveats" that Isaacson says Murphy "provides." ❋ Unknown (2007)

Take health care reform, the issue that Obama through Gibbs cited when he made his one term quip, and has cited repeatedly in the past as the thing that he'd rise or fall on. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Reading the posts on the economy and listening to the news reminds me of a quip from a century ago: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Giant Step - The trick to understanding the meaning of Stiglers quip is to have what is technically called a sense of humour. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“This quip is not dishonest: though I have several friends who have combined novel-reading with motherhood very successfully, in my own head I hold a convoluted equation, one based on the approximate number of hours I have left to live versus the number of good books I have left to read, and it is very anxiety-inducing.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also, rum & nog reminds me of a quip from the xmas episode of a favorite sitcom: ❋ Unknown (2008)

In the US a common quip is that a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

Well maybe like her other side of the coin quip, those are just a little extreme. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I would add that the purpose of the quip is that it is a restatement of “those that don’t do, teach”, or other phrases similar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The article’s pretty short, but my favourite part is this quip from a bishop: ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Recycling is the philosophy that everything is worth saving except your time" - I still don't know who coined the quip, but I repeat it every chance I get. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So if people want to think and listen and have a president who will do both, who will be honest with them even if honesty requires a full sentence and not a 5-word quip, then Obama wins. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Since then, however, the New York Times has never printed the entire Reagan quote and has only used the final 9-word quip on 3 occasions. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

CORSI: Well, I quote -- I can remember one quip I quote from him -- and it's just a quip, which is -- where he basically is saying if Obama will lie about his background and his family, he'll lie about anything. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This makes one recall the quip attributed to Abraham Lincoln, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." ❋ Sheehan, Thomas (1980)

The quip is a reminder to Republicans of everything they love and loathe about Newt Gingrich. ❋ KONRAD YAKABUSKI (2011)

The quip was a playful jab at the music critics who favour Tweedy's adventurous Wilco material to the Chicago band's more recent and more traditional alt-rock. ❋ BRAD WHEELER (2011)

The quip is the latest in a series of scandals that have nettled the prime minister. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Above the quip was a picture of the outsize Liberal Democrat, who died last week aged 82, marching towards his specially reinforced loudspeaker car. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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