quip

Speech parts

1. quip - Noun

2. quip - Verb

Meaning

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

To taunt; to treat with quips.

To scoff; to use taunts.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

crack gag wisecrack sally epigram repartee joke retort jest jape witticism one-liner bon mot zinger witty remark
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Antonyms

fact reality accuracy approve authenticity advise
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Hypernyms

saying expression comment joke jest input

Phrases with the word

quip-quip

Derivatives

quipped quipping

Anagrams

Puqi

Examples

The students were gagging during dinner Source: Internet

A contemporary quip would call Marie, "Pierre's biggest discovery." Source: Internet

And Bloom even got some time in to shade the s**t out of Kerr with another quip to the outlet during their interview this weekend, too. Source: Internet

” branch prompted U.S. President Barack Obama to quip to the bankers rather appropriately, My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks. Source: Internet

At times, Spears sounds so distant that Gertrude Stein’s quip, “There’s no there”, is apposite. Source: Internet

Berle was again on the receiving end of an onstage jibe at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards where RuPaul responded to Berle's reference of having once worn dresses himself (during his old television days) with the quip that Berle now wore diapers. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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