Category:Quip

Quip, n. Etym: [cf. W. chwip a quick flirt or turn, chwipio to whip, To move briskly, and e. whip. Cf. Quib, quibble.]

Defn: a smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a Gibe. Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles. Milton. He was full of joke and jest, but all his merry quips are o'er. Tennyson.

Quip Quip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Quipping.]

Defn: to taunt; to treat with quips. The more he laughs, and does her closely quip. Spenser.

Quip Quip, v. i.

Defn: to scoff; to use taunts. Sir h. Sidney.