quip Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a witty saying
    epigram.
  2. noun witty remark
    wisecrack; sally; crack.
  3. verb make jokes or quips
    gag.
    • The students were gagging during dinner

WordNet

Quip noun
Etymology
Cf. W. chwip a quick flirt or turn, chwipio to whip, to move briskly, and E. whip. Cf. Quib, Quibble.
Definitions
  1. 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 transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Quipped ; present participle & verbal noun Quipping
Definitions
  1. To taunt; to treat with quips.
    The more he laughs, and does her closely quip. Spenser.
Quip intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To scoff; to use taunts. Sir H. Sidney.

Webster 1913