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quip

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verb

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Recent Examples of quip
Noun
The practice can take the shape of postcards from quiet couples bliss or passive-aggressive quips about exes, soured business relationships, and industry frenemies. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025 The comments were full of playful quips imagining what the pups might get up to behind closed doors. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
Stewart quipped before changing the subject. Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025 Darth Vader quips during the trailer. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quip
Noun
  • The buckets are used as a replacement for the standard cardboard Happy Meal box and can double as a candy pail to use for trick-or-treating on Halloween.
    Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Add them to movie-night snacks, candy bowls, or trick-or-treat bags for a fun, not-too-frightening addition to your Halloween spread.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a joke in here somewhere.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Some Sora users depicted King making crude jokes and other inappropriate content.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their mannerisms change a little bit.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Since the video went viral, internet users have praised their adorable bond, as many are obsessed by Maude’s dog-like mannerisms.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Newlyweds Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco made their first appearance as a married couple at the event — sneaking off right after taking their carpet photos — while Demi Moore and Lucy Liu shared some laughs on the photo line, and Scorsese and Ben Stiller each brought their daughters as dates.
    Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Its interconnected tales, which evoke campfire stories and urban legends, wring morbid laughs and genuine scares in much the same fashion as Tales From the Crypt.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In astrology, each zodiac sign falls under one of four elements — Earth, Fire, Water, or Air — and each carries its own traits.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But to argue that any of this research adds up to a substantial account of intelligence misunderstands the nature of such human traits and what can be expected from scientific explanations of them.
    Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jones eventually got into his joking bag, and Bleek took that opportunity to seriously set the record straight one last time.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • And their joking comments about their relationship never help the matter.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That quirk kept Max Muncy out of the starting lineup for all but one game and largely kept Freddie Freeman in check (3-for-15 in the NLDS).
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Why should a little quirk in the family tree, only just discovered, mean everything has to change?
    Deborah Friedell, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Boys in blue training kits gather in pockets of shade and trade wisecracks.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Nearly every inch of the bar’s narrow interior is plastered with glowing beer logo signs, neon strip lights and posters jeering with bawdy bar jokes and wisecracks.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025

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“Quip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quip. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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