as in joked
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 quipped
Stafford quipped when a local reporter joked he might get knighted after the performance.
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Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Others – seemingly those who are non-religious or simply impenetrable by internet theories – quipped at the possibility.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Stewart quipped before changing the subject.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
While researching my book, astronomer Geoff Marcy, a co-discoverer of several of the first hot Jupiters, quipped that in 30 years-time his own role in exoplanet hunting would seem obsolete.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Good Morning America correspondent Juju Chang quipped.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Patel quipped, a reference to an investigation into President Biden.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
And the feeling was mutual, Meyers quipped on Tuesday.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The singer quipped freely in her annual video with Vanity Fair.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 19 Dec. 2024
Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Others – seemingly those who are non-religious or simply impenetrable by internet theories – quipped at the possibility.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Stewart quipped before changing the subject.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
While researching my book, astronomer Geoff Marcy, a co-discoverer of several of the first hot Jupiters, quipped that in 30 years-time his own role in exoplanet hunting would seem obsolete.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Good Morning America correspondent Juju Chang quipped.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Patel quipped, a reference to an investigation into President Biden.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
And the feeling was mutual, Meyers quipped on Tuesday.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The singer quipped freely in her annual video with Vanity Fair.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quipped
joked
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Most of the time, though, as joked by Kang and Kodos themselves, they are written into the show as background cameos or to simply narrate their observations from their spaceship, laughing at us, maniacally.—
Grace Dean,
Space.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Dreyer joked at the end of her post.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Quipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quipped. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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