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as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
has his share of the quips that seem to come with a title of nobility
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as in joke
something said or done to cause laughter
the crowd laughed aloud at the author's clever quip
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as in to joke
to make jokes
she rolled her eyes at her brother's bragging and quipped, "You're a legend in your own mind, all right"
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Recent Examples of quip
Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Along with another allusion to his quip about Lucien’s death, that simile establishes the Anglo-Irish author as a terrifying counter-example of homosexual exposure.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
Megan McCluskey, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Eby quipped with her usual dry sarcasm.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Still another Arctic blast with snow and a deep freeze just arrived, along with another round of quips directed at meteorologists and scientists, challenging them to explain again how climate change works.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Along with another allusion to his quip about Lucien’s death, that simile establishes the Anglo-Irish author as a terrifying counter-example of homosexual exposure.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
Verb
Rinna wrote in reply, invoking one of her other classic Housewives quips in a dig at Underwood.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Eby quipped with her usual dry sarcasm.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quip
Noun
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The trick is whether Anthropic can hold onto its soul in the process.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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It's riddled with cheffy tricks but not in alienating way.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The result is chaos, and a few too many jokes about young people not knowing how to work a fax machine or manage paper.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The meta joke is that Radcliffe was a pioneer of acting opposite tennis balls.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Same voice, same mannerisms, next.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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The diversity of their speech patterns and physical mannerisms showed the breadth of the spectrum.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But all is not lost for those needing a laugh at Noem’s expense, or at the expense of the department, for that matter.—
Lorraine Ali
News,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the background of one verse, Yebba lets out a bellowing laugh.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The competing hypotheses, which seek to identify common traits between Little Foot and any of these species, highlight why the fossil continues to be such a rich resource of information that could contain clues to human evolution.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Gardeners seeking to increase the biodiversity of lawns might consider allowing weeds with certain traits to remain.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Lindsay says that Jesse was serious about asking, but that the make-out would be a joking make-out.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2026
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The women’s team declined their joking invitation and had to explain comments directed at them.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Come for the obvious hooks, stay for the more subtle quirks.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Some of Nureyev’s quirks might have rubbed off on Cunningham.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Barry Diller was full of wisecracks tonight at the PGA Awards.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2026
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Instead, Marty lies to everyone, holds a co-worker at gunpoint for his pay and, infamously, makes a shocking wisecrack about Auschwitz.—
David Colman,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Quip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quip. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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