quipping
121quip — I UK [kwɪp] / US verb [transitive] Word forms quip : present tense I/you/we/they quip he/she/it quips present participle quipping past tense quipped past participle quipped to say something funny or clever II UK [kwɪp] / US noun [countable] Word… …
122quip — /kwɪp / (say kwip) noun 1. a sharp, sarcastic remark; a cutting jest. 2. a clever or witty saying. 3. a quibble. 4. an odd or fantastic action or thing. –verb (i) (quipped, quipping) 5. to utter quips. {backformation from quippy quip, from Latin… …
123quip — ► NOUN ▪ a witty remark. ► VERB (quipped, quipping) ▪ make a quip. DERIVATIVES quipster noun. ORIGIN perhaps from Latin quippe indeed …
124quipster — quip ► NOUN ▪ a witty remark. ► VERB (quipped, quipping) ▪ make a quip. DERIVATIVES quipster noun. ORIGIN perhaps from Latin quippe indeed …
125quip — [kwip] n. [contr. < earlier quippy < L quippe, indeed, forsooth < quid,WHAT + pe, emphatic enclitic] 1. a witty or, esp. formerly, sarcastic remark or reply; jest or gibe 2. a quibble; cavil 3. something curious or odd vt. quipped,… …
126quip — n. & v. n. 1 a clever saying; an epigram; a sarcastic remark etc. 2 a quibble; an equivocation. v.intr. (quipped, quipping) make quips. Derivatives: quipster n. Etymology: abbr. of obs. quippy perh. f. L quippe forsooth …
