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Quip   /kwɪp/   Listen
Quip

noun
1.
A witty saying.  Synonym: epigram.
2.
Witty remark.  Synonyms: crack, sally, wisecrack.






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"Quip" Quotes from Famous Books



... companions love to think of him, clutching his short-stemmed pipe to his mouth, puffing gravely, saying little, thinking much, quick at appreciating a joke, slow at making one, with an eye full of humour, and its lid and corresponding corner of his mouth quickly responsive to any quip or crank that might let fly. Eclectic in his humour as in his art, disposed to condemn any cartoon suggestion not thoroughly thought out as "damn bad," he was in the weekly assembly at the Table like the 'cello ...
— The History of "Punch" • M. H. Spielmann

... thoughts possess him, For the tears are dried the while. And the old, worn face is wrinkled In a reminiscent smile, From the middle of the forehead To the feebly trembling lip, At some ancient prank remembered Or some long unheard-of quip. ...
— The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar • Paul Laurence Dunbar



Words linked to "Quip" :   expression, crack, jest, saying, comment, remark, joke, input, locution, gag



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