Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quip"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quip \Quip\, n. [Cf. W. chwip a quick flirt or turn, chwipio to
whip, to move briskly, and E. whip. Cf. {Quib}, {Quibble}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quip \Quip\, v. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quip \Quip\, v. i.
To scoff; to use taunts. --Sir H. Sidney.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quip
n 1: a witty saying [syn: {epigram}]
2: witty remark [syn: {wisecrack}, {crack}, {sally}]
v : make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during
dinner" [syn: {gag}]
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