Quip
noun
A clever, funny comment or remark.
He made a quip about my lack of cooking skills.
Often appears as...
- witty quip
- quick quip
verb
To make a clever, funny comment or remark.
He quipped that he couldn't even boil water without burning it.
Often appears as...
- quip about
- quip that
noun
A clever, funny comment or remark.
He made a quip about my lack of cooking skills.
Often appears as...
- witty quip
- quick quip
verb
To make a clever, funny comment or remark.
He quipped that he couldn't even boil water without burning it.
Often appears as...
- quip about
- quip that
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Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Quip is often used in casual conversation among friends or peers.
At the party, his quip about the DJ's playlist had everyone laughing.
Pro Tip 2/3Humor Required
A quip should be witty or humorous; it's not just any comment.
When she mentioned her cat's diet, he made a clever quip about feline fitness.
Pro Tip 3/3Brevity
Quips are typically short and to the point for a quick laugh.
His quip, 'So this is a silent disco with a dress code!', cracked everyone up.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Quip is often used in casual conversation among friends or peers.
At the party, his quip about the DJ's playlist had everyone laughing.
Pro Tip 2/3Humor Required
A quip should be witty or humorous; it's not just any comment.
When she mentioned her cat's diet, he made a clever quip about feline fitness.
Pro Tip 3/3Brevity
Quips are typically short and to the point for a quick laugh.
His quip, 'So this is a silent disco with a dress code!', cracked everyone up.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Quip is often used in casual conversation among friends or peers.
At the party, his quip about the DJ's playlist had everyone laughing.
Pro Tip 2/3Humor Required
A quip should be witty or humorous; it's not just any comment.
When she mentioned her cat's diet, he made a clever quip about feline fitness.
Pro Tip 3/3Brevity
Quips are typically short and to the point for a quick laugh.
His quip, 'So this is a silent disco with a dress code!', cracked everyone up.
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True success - John...
ourselves the shining trophies on ourselves can never win tomorrow's game you and I know deeper down there's always a chance to win the crown but when we fail to give our best we simply haven't met the test of giving all and saving none until the game is really won I'm showing what is meant by grit are playing through another's quip I'm
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Let's end ageism PIPE...
Older people can be the most ageist of all, because we've had a lifetime to internalize these messages and we've never thought to challenge them. I had to acknowledge it and stop colluding. "Senior moment" quips, for I stopped making them when it dawned on me
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John Gotti Sr.'s Rise to...
it was my thing. - His transformation was like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. All the sudden he's wearing $3,000 ties, and the cocoon opens, and out comes the Dapper Don. - He's out and about. He's good with a quip and a sound bite.
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True success - John...
ourselves the shining trophies on ourselves can never win tomorrow's game you and I know deeper down there's always a chance to win the crown but when we fail to give our best we simply haven't met the test of giving all and saving none until the game is really won I'm showing what is meant by grit are playing through another's quip I'm
Video examples
Let's end ageism PIPE...
Older people can be the most ageist of all, because we've had a lifetime to internalize these messages and we've never thought to challenge them. I had to acknowledge it and stop colluding. "Senior moment" quips, for I stopped making them when it dawned on me
Video examples
John Gotti Sr.'s Rise to...
it was my thing. - His transformation was like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. All the sudden he's wearing $3,000 ties, and the cocoon opens, and out comes the Dapper Don. - He's out and about. He's good with a quip and a sound bite.
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Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
Radical transparency has an enormous impact on our personal lives. We can no longer share thoughts, quips, photos or personal opinions anywhere on the web without being mindful that they may turn up where we least expect it (notably job interviews, divorce proceedings or public media).
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Adam Sandler
American Actor
The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot of my characters, they don't notice they're getting made fun of. So they'll say something back that's not that great a quip, but in their mind they won the argument.
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Craig Venter
American Scientist
Traditional autobiography has generally had a poor press. The novelist Daphne du Maurier condemned all examples of this literary form as self-indulgent. Others have quipped that autobiography reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.
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Ashton Kutcher
American Actor
Whether you like it or not, the digital age has produced a new format for modern romance, and natural selection may be favoring the quick-thumbed quip peddler over the confident, ice-breaking alpha male.
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Russell Tovey
English Actor
I'm slightly obsessed with drag queens and performers. Their quips and their one-liners, their style, their singing... I find it fascinating. And thoroughly entertaining. I'd love to play one.
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Adam West
American Actor
I think our Batman had to be fun, light-hearted, funny, tongue-in-cheek... and I think that made kind of an homage to those earlier comic books, where Batman always had a quip or something.
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Fred Willard
American Comedian
Looking back, I was a very good kid, very studious and all. But I would always come out with a quip - and I was sent to the principal's office several times.
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Ovid
Roman Poet
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
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Dean Norris
American Actor
As a matter of fact, I am an uncle. I have nine nephews and nieces. I'm not sure if they think I'm all that quick with a quip. But I'm quick with a spank.
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Shirley Manson
Scottish Musician
I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!
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Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
Radical transparency has an enormous impact on our personal lives. We can no longer share thoughts, quips, photos or personal opinions anywhere on the web without being mindful that they may turn up where we least expect it (notably job interviews, divorce proceedings or public media).
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Adam Sandler
American Actor
The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot of my characters, they don't notice they're getting made fun of. So they'll say something back that's not that great a quip, but in their mind they won the argument.
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Craig Venter
American Scientist
Traditional autobiography has generally had a poor press. The novelist Daphne du Maurier condemned all examples of this literary form as self-indulgent. Others have quipped that autobiography reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.
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Ashton Kutcher
American Actor
Whether you like it or not, the digital age has produced a new format for modern romance, and natural selection may be favoring the quick-thumbed quip peddler over the confident, ice-breaking alpha male.
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Russell Tovey
English Actor
I'm slightly obsessed with drag queens and performers. Their quips and their one-liners, their style, their singing... I find it fascinating. And thoroughly entertaining. I'd love to play one.
Quote examples
Adam West
American Actor
I think our Batman had to be fun, light-hearted, funny, tongue-in-cheek... and I think that made kind of an homage to those earlier comic books, where Batman always had a quip or something.
Quote examples
Fred Willard
American Comedian
Looking back, I was a very good kid, very studious and all. But I would always come out with a quip - and I was sent to the principal's office several times.
Quote examples
Ovid
Roman Poet
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
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Dean Norris
American Actor
As a matter of fact, I am an uncle. I have nine nephews and nieces. I'm not sure if they think I'm all that quick with a quip. But I'm quick with a spank.
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Shirley Manson
Scottish Musician
I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!
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