Quip - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kwɪp|  American pronunciation of the word quip
Brit.  |kwɪp|  British pronunciation of the word quip

noun

- a witty saying (syn: epigram)
- witty remark (syn: crack, sally, wisecrack)

verb

- make jokes or quips (syn: gag)

Extra examples

They traded quips over a beer.

...has his share of the quips that seem to come with a title of nobility...

...she rolled her eyes at her brother's bragging and quipped, “You're a legend in your own mind, all right”...

'Giving up smoking is easy,' he quipped. 'I've done it hundreds of times.'

She quipped that being without a telephone for a few days would be nice.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: quip
he/she/it: quips
present participle: quipping
past tense: quipped
past participle: quipped
noun
singular: quip
plural: quips
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