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quip

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verb

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Recent Examples of quip
Noun
Miss Piggy and Long John Silver even share a quick kiss during the film, which appeared to spark Curry’s quip in that 2019 interview. Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026 Harrelson is quieter, but often follows up McConaughey’s monologues with a funny quip or story. Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian quipped that all the lawsuits in the college game might open the door for Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes to return to Lubbock under Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026 Among other things, Gray quipped about how his wife and kids really provide no fodder for stories. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quip
Noun
  • The Cinderella dress that Kaitlyn Argyriou’s mother had sewn for her as a child and which Argyriou’s daughter, Avery, 4, had planned to wear trick-or-treating in Colorado Springs on Halloween.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The tips and tricks for maintaining hosiery that used to be passed down by family and friends are in danger of being lost to time and ever-changing fashion trends.
    Jolie Kerr, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • And honestly, that’s kind of the best joke there is — some classic America’s Funniest Home Videos type stuff.
    Maria Bamford, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Sumaila has a running joke about it, borrowed from an old British comedy about a heist gone wrong.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Her mannerisms, comedy, music, references and cultural touchstones were influenced by the Black woman playing her.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In a sprightly performance rife with oddball mannerisms, Gnecco gives Borges equal parts impish wisdom, earthy vulgarity and childlike wonder, rarely letting a moment’s silence go unfilled with eager chatter.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • O’Connell appeared to joke about the marathon applause with Boyle, prompting laughs from his co-stars Claire Foy and Pearce.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Its format — multi-cam, laugh-tracked, with the occasional fourth-wall-breaking aside — is one that would have been in vogue when Martin originally aired.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Other soccer-like traits at Ryan Field include a very high proportion of the seats being under cover and the striking sight that what Americans across the land have come to know as the Upper Deck experience just does not exist here.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • His ability to square the ball up and not chase out of the strike zone are probably his best traits.
    Jim Bowden, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Indeed, at lunch, instead of separating into groups to eat, all 16 participants form one mega table and spend the half-hour joking and laughing together.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Many readers — some likely joking — shared their grievances with Elmo.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Like so many quirks of British culture, Highlands tourism owes a debt to the royals.
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Changing configuration with no external wiring The development depends on a quirk of physics called mechanical bifurcation, which is a sudden shift in structural behavior past a physical tipping point.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Parton was a master at meeting wisecracks about her shapely figure with her own one-liners.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • That wisecrack could apply perfectly to Angie Nixon, the Democrats’ nominee for Senate.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Quip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quip. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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