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.
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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.
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Quip, v. i.
To scoff; to use taunts.
Sir H. Sidney.
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