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Webster 1913 Edition

Quip

Quip

(kwĭp)
,
Noun.
[Cf. W.
chwip
a quick flirt or turn,
chwipio
to whip, to move briskly, and E.
whip
. Cf.
Quib
,
Quibble
.]
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Quipped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Quipping
.]
To taunt; to treat with quips.
The more he laughs, and does her closely
quip
.
Spenser.

Quip

,
Verb.
I.
To scoff; to use taunts.
Sir H. Sidney.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quip

QUIP

,
Noun.
A smart sarcastic turn; a taunt; a severe retort.

QUIP

,
Verb.
T.
To taunt; to treat with a sarcastic retort.

QUIP

,
Verb.
I.
To scoff.

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