Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To make a quip.

    witzeln

    язви́тьjazvítʹ

    make jokes or quips

  2. (transitive)To taunt; to mock with quips.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. That quip was just not funny enough.

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  2. I'm spending seven out of five of my working days writing pseudo-salient quips.

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  3. That was a funny quip.

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  4. "I saw an alien!" shrieked Tom. "Really?" quipped Mary.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to make a quip:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make a quip:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

quips, quipping, quipped, quipped
Base formquip · to quip
3rd person singularquips
Present participlequipping
Past simplequipped
Past participlequipped

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyquip
he, she, itquips

Past simpleLesson

all personsquipped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave quipped
he, she, ithas quipped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill quip

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make jokes or quips:gag

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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