quip
IPA: kwˈɪp
noun
- A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
verb
- (intransitive) To make a quip.
- (transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.
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Examples of "quip" in Sentences
- The article’s pretty short, but my favourite part is this quip from a bishop:
- Also, rum & nog reminds me of a quip from the xmas episode of a favorite sitcom:
- In the US a common quip is that a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged.
- Well maybe like her other side of the coin quip, those are just a little extreme.
- Reading the posts on the economy and listening to the news reminds me of a quip from a century ago:
- In my reading, the Santayana quip is among the "requisite caveats" that Isaacson says Murphy "provides."
- Giant Step - The trick to understanding the meaning of Stiglers quip is to have what is technically called a sense of humour.
- I would add that the purpose of the quip is that it is a restatement of “those that don’t do, teach”, or other phrases similar.
- Take health care reform, the issue that Obama through Gibbs cited when he made his one term quip, and has cited repeatedly in the past as the thing that he'd rise or fall on.
- “This quip is not dishonest: though I have several friends who have combined novel-reading with motherhood very successfully, in my own head I hold a convoluted equation, one based on the approximate number of hours I have left to live versus the number of good books I have left to read, and it is very anxiety-inducing.”
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