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Quip

//kwɪp// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.

    "Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles."

  2. 2
    witty remark wordnet
  3. 3
    a witty saying wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a quip. intransitive

    "In an eerily prescient bit, Kent Brockman laughingly quips that if seventy degree weather in the winter is the Gashouse Effect in action, he doesn’t mind one bit."

  2. 2
    make jokes or quips wordnet
  3. 3
    To taunt; to mock with quips. transitive

    "the more he laughs, and does her closely quip"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a shortening of earlier quippy, perhaps from Latin quippe (“indeed”), ultimately quid (“what”).

Etymology 2

From a shortening of earlier quippy, perhaps from Latin quippe (“indeed”), ultimately quid (“what”).

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