That quip was just not funny enough.
Source: tatoeba (8983365)
Quip
//kwɪp//
Synonyms for "quip" (128 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (64)
make a funnymake funmake fun ofmockmotnasty cracknonconformityoddityparthian shotparting shotpeculiaritypersiflageplay of witplay on wordspleasantrypoke fun atpunput downput onput-down
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Verb(1 words)
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8 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesderived
10 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- طعني noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Bulgarian
2 entries- би́сер noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- остроу́мие noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Czech
2 entries- vtípek noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- vtípkovat verb (to make a quip)
Dutch
1 entries- kwinkslag noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Finnish
3 entries- sivallus noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- sutkaus noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- sutkauttaa verb (to make a quip)
French
3 entries- pique noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- blaguer verb (to make a quip)
- plaisanter verb (to make a quip)
Georgian
2 entries- ენამახვილობა noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- მოსწრებული სიტყვა noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
German
4 entries- Erwiderung noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- Retourkutsche noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- Spöttelei noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- Stichelei noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Greek
4 entries- πείραγμα noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- σκώμμα noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- χαριτολόγημα noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- πειράζω verb (to make a quip)
Hungarian
1 entries- beszólás noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Italian
3 entries- battuta noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- freddura noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- frizzo noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Macedonian
1 entries- досетка noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Occitan
4 entries- escarni noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- galejada noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- trach d'esperit noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- trufada noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- لطیفه noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Portuguese
1 entries- chiste noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Russian
3 entries- ко́лкость noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- остро́та noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- язви́ть verb (to make a quip)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- doskočica noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- našaliti se verb (to make a quip)
Spanish
4 entries- agudeza noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- donaire noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- gracieta noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
- puntada (Mesoamerica) noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Swedish
1 entries- kvickhet noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Turkish
1 entries- espri noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Ukrainian
1 entries- саркастичне зауваження noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Urdu
1 entries- طعنہ noun (smart, sarcastic turn or jest)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
That was a funny quip.
Source: tatoeba (10455273)
Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.
Source: wiktionary
He was full of joke and jest, / But all his merry quips are o'er.
Source: wiktionary
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